Khaqani
Khaqani | |
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| Native name | خاقانی |
| Born | Between 1120 and 1127 |
| Died | Between 1186-87 and 1199 |
| Genre | Habsiyāt (prison poetry)
Qaṣāid Ghazals Rubā'iyāt Mathnavi |
| Notable works | Divān, Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn |
Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān (Persian: افضلالدّین بدیل بن علی بن عثمان), commonly known as Khāqānī (Persian: خاقانی, c. 1120 – c. 1199), was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Shirvanshah, a vassal of the Seljuks in the region of Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs. His fame most securely rests upon the qasidas collected in his Divān, and his autobiographical travelogue Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn. He is also notable for his contributions to the genre of habsiyāt ("prison poetry").