Asheq Esfahani (Persian: عاشق اصفهانی) was an 18th-century poet who was part of the literary movement Bazgasht-e adabi,[1] which advocated for a return to the fundamentals of classical Persian poetry in protest against the excessively "unnatural" nature of the Indian style that dominated poetry in Iran and Persian-speaking India.[2]
Asheq Esfahani | |
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 Page of a manuscript of the divan of Asheq Esfahani, dated 1761 or 1762 | |
| Born | Agha Mohammad Khayyat c. 1700 |
| Died | 1768 (aged 67–68) Isfahan, Zand Iran |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | |
| Literary movement | Bazgasht-e adabi |
References
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edit- Firuzkuhi, K. Amiri (1987). "ʿĀšeq Eṣfahānī". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- Meneghini, Daniela (2017). "Hātif Iṣfahānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
- Seyed-Gohrab, Ali Asghar (2017). "ʿĀshiq Iṣfahānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
