Shah Muhammad Sagir () was one of the earliest

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poets, if not the first.

Life

Shah Muhammad Sagir was a poet of the 14/15th century, during the reign of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. He was born to a

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family in

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, the then cultural capital of

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. His best known work is Yusuf-Zulekha, which has commendatory verses for Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. He was the court poet of Azam Shah and wrote the volume at his request. Although it has praise for the parents and teachers of the poet, it does not mention their names or residence. Shah Muhammad Sagir is considered to be the first writer to introduce Perso-

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vocabulary into Bengali poetry.

His works

*'' Yusuf-Zulekha''

References

Bengali male poets Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Bengal Sultanate officers 15th-century Bengali poets 15th-century Indian Muslims 15th-century Indian poets {{Bangladesh-poet-stub