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Asheq Esfahani

Asheq Esfahani

18th-century iranian poet

Asheq Esfahani (Persian: عاشق اصفهانی) was an 18th-century poet who was part of the literary movement Bazgasht-e adabi,[1] which advocated for a return to the fundamentals of classical Persian poetry in protest against the excessively "unnatural" nature of the Indian style that dominated poetry in Iran and Persian-speaking India.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

He was born in c. 1700, and died in 1768 in Isfahan.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Seyed-Gohrab 2017.
  2. [2]
    Meneghini 2017.
  3. [3]
    Firuzkuhi 1987.

Sources

  • Firuzkuhi, K. Amiri (1987). "ʿĀšeq Eṣfahānī". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
  • Meneghini, Daniela (2017). "Hātif Iṣfahānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
  • Seyed-Gohrab, Ali Asghar (2017). "ʿĀshiq Iṣfahānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
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