On Feb. 9, 2024, 10:30 a.m. hamed:
#SaebTabrizi was one of the greatest masters of the #ghazal, a form of classical Persian lyric poetry. He was born in Tabriz, but spent most of his life in Isfahan, where he became the poet laureate of the Safavid court. He also traveled to India, where he was received by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and wrote poems in praise of him and his son Dara Shikoh. Saeb Tabrizi is known for his elegant wit, his philosophical insights, and his innovative style that blended Persian and Indian influences. He wrote about 300,000 couplets, including an epic poem about the siege of Qandahar, a city that was contested by the Mughals and the Safavids. He also wrote poems in his native Azerbaijani Turkic language, which he called "the language of the heart". Saeb Tabrizi's poetry has inspired many writers and artists, including Khaled Hosseini, who used a line from his poem on Kabul as the title of his novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Saeb Tabrizi died in 1676 and was buried in Isfahan.