Dowlatshāh

Muslim author

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contribution to Islamic literature

  • Al-Ḥākim Mosque
    In Islamic arts: Eclecticism of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī

    …Timurid court of Herāt, where Dowlatshāh (died 1494) composed his much-quoted biographical work on Persian poets. The leading figure in this circle was ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (died 1492), who is sometimes considered the last and most comprehensive of the “seven masters” in Persian literature, because he was a master of…

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