Muhtasham Kashani

Muhtasham Kashani (1500-1588) (محتشم کاشانی) is an Iranian poet who lived in the time of Safavid time and had an influence on Persian and Day of Ashura poetry.[1] He was born in Kashan and died there. He is well-known because of his poem about Imam al-Husayn (a)'s martyrdom[2] which is known as Tarkib band.[3]

Mohtasham Kaashaani (Kamāl-al-Din Mohtasham Kāšāni, Persian: محتشم کاشانی, also known as Šams-al-šoʿarā) (1528–1588) was a Persian poet of Safavid’s period. He is mainly known by his elegy on martyrdom of Imam Hossein and his family. His main job, like his father, was cloth industry (in Kashan) before he chose poetry as the main field.[4]

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  1. ↑ Morrow, John Andrew (2013). Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism. McFarland & Company. p. 237. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Malikʹpūr, Jamshid (2004). The Islamic Drama. Taylor & Francis. p. 52. ISBN 0714655651. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, Bernard Lewis, Johannes Hendrik Kramer, Charles Pellat, Joseph Schacht, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume 10, Parts 163-178, 1998, Brill Publishers
  4. ↑ Encyclopedia Iranica, MOḤTAŠAM KĀŠĀNI, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mohtasham-kashani


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