Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī
Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī (also: Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī, Ḫwāǧa Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī, Persian حسین ثنایی مشهدی, Persian حسین بن محمد مشهدی, Persian خواجه حسين ثنائي مشهدي; * in Mashhad ; † 1587 / 1588 in Lahore ) was a poet of the Safavid period .
It was only as an adult that the son of a cloth merchant began to write poetry. He was held in high regard at the court of Sultan Ibrahim Mirza . After Ibrahim Mirza's execution (1577), Ṯanāʾī was initially accepted at the court of the Mughal ruler Akbar , and later he was in the service of Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khanan until his death .
Manuscripts include a Dīwān and a description of the deeds of Alexander the Great (Maṯnawī) . There is an astronomical-astrological poem by Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī on an Indian map of the world in the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin , which is not known from other sources.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elke Niewöhner: An astronomical-astrological poem by the Persian poet Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī on the Berlin Indian map of the world, in: Der Islam , (2019), vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 121–157, p. 127
- ↑ Dīwān in the Berlin State Library
- ↑ Maṯnawī in the Berlin State Library
- ↑ Inventory number I. 39/68, cf. Elke Niewöhner: An astronomical-astrological poem by the Persian poet Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī on the Berlin Indian map of the world, in: Der Islam , (2019), Vol. 96, H. 1, pp. 121–157, p. 122
- ↑ Elke Niewöhner: An astronomical-astrological poem by the Persian poet Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī on the Berlin Indian World Map, in: Der Islam , (2019), vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 121–157, p. 121
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| SURNAME | Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī, Ḫwāǧa Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Poet in the Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st half of the 16th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mashhad |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1587/1588 |
| Place of death | Lahore |