Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān, commonly known as Khāqānī, was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Shirvanshah, a vassal of the Seljuks in the region of Shirvan, where he se
Khaqani statue in Khaqani Park, Tabriz, Iran
Mausoleum of Poets, the graveyard of many classical and contemporary Persian poets including Khaqani.
Illuminated leaf from Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn, Houghton Library MS Typ 536
The mathnawi Hadiqat al-Haqiqa va Shari'at al-Tariqa or Elahi-Nameh is an early Sufi book of poetry written in the Persian language, composed by Sanai Ghaznavi, with an Irfan theme. Sanai started comp