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Mahmud Khan Malek al-Sho'ara (Persian: محمودخان ملک الشعرا; 1813–1893/94) was a poet laureate, court painter and statesman in 19th-century Qajar Iran.[1] He was the son of Andalib and grandson of Fath-Ali Khan Saba, the previous poet laureates in the Iranian court.[2]
Mahmud Khan Malek al-Sho'ara | |
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 Illustration of Mahmud Khan by Abu Torab Ghaffari | |
| Born | 1813 |
| Died | 1893/94 Ray, Qajar Iran |
| Children | Mirza Jafar Khan Ali Hasan Khan |
| Father | Andalib |
| Relatives | Fath-Ali Khan Saba (grandfather) |
References
edit- ^ Floor 1999, pp. 133, 145–146.
- ^ Floor 1999, p. 145.
Sources
edit- Floor, Willem (1999). "Art (Naqqashi) and Artists (Naqqashan) in Qajar Persia". Muqarnas. 13. Brill: 125–154. doi:10.2307/1523268. JSTOR 1523268. (registration required)
Further reading
edit- Katouzian, Homa (2013). Iran: Politics, History and Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415636902.
- Rahman, Munibur (1995). "Ṣabā". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.
- Rypka, Jan (1968). History of Iranian Literature. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-9401034814.