Kashef Shirazi

Kashef Shirazi (Persian: کاشف شیرازی: c. 1592–1653) was a writer in Safavid Iran, who composed works about ethics and poetry.

Kashef Shirazi
Illustration from a page in a copy of the Seraj al-monir by Kashef Shirazi. Created in Qajar Iran, dated 15 February 1815
Born	c. 1592 Karbala, Ottoman Empire
Died	c. 1653 Ray, Safavid Iran
Occupation	Writer
Language	Persian
Notable works	Seraj al-monir Khazan o bahar
Relatives	Esmail Monshef (brother) Moqima (brother)

Kashef was born in Karbala, where his family had moved from Iran. He was the son of a certain Shamsa of Shiraz, an account keeper. Kashef's family moved back when he was still a child, settling in Isfahan. Kashef committed himself to writing and learning a variety of academic subjects for twenty three years, including logic, theology, and Arabic grammar. Like him, his brothers, Esmail Monshef and Moqima, were also prominent poets. Kashef later served as a judge for fifteen years in Ray, where he died. One of his written works, Khazan o bahar, has an autobiographical note in the final chapter.

Kashef wrote under the pen-names Kashef, Kashef-e Komeyt and Sharifa Kashef. Two of his best-known works are his prose writings, Seraj al-monir and Khazan o bahar, which have numerous passages with poems based on the Golestan by Saadi Shirazi.

Sources

• de Bruijn, J. T . P. (2020). "Kāšef Širāzi". Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Brill. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_10871. Retrieved 14 October 2024.