Imrani

Emrānī (or Imrānī; 1454–1536) was a Judæo-Persian poet, being "one of the most prominent Jewish poets of Iran".^[1][2] Emrānī was inspired by the earlier poet Shāhīn to choose "as his field the post-Mosaic era from Joshua to the period of David and Solomon".^[3] His major work, Fatḥ-Nameh ("The Book of the Conquest," begun in 1474, unfinished), describes in poetry "the events of the biblical books of Joshua, Ruth, and Samuel".^[3] Emrānī's last great work, Ganj-Nameh ("The Book of the Treasures"), is "a free poetic paraphrase of and commentary on the mishnaic treatise Avot".^[3]

Major works

• Fatḥ-Nameh ("The Book of the Conquest," begun in 1474, unfinished)
• Ganj-Nameh ("The Book of the Treasures", completed 1536)

References

1. Yeroushalmi, David (1995), The Judeo-Persian poet ʻEmrānī and his "Book of treasure": ʻEmrānī's Ganǰ-nāme, a versified commentary on the Mishnaic tractate Abot, Brill Publishers, ISBN 978-90-04-10301-6
2. David Yeroushalmi, "EMRĀNĪ" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
3. Jewish Virtual Library, JUDEO-PERSIAN