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man, Hakim of Herat. It is said that he afterwards reco- 

 vered the faculty of speech, and was able to write better with 

 his left, than he had done previously with his right hand. He 

 died A. H. 832. 



Akadsi Mushahedi. 



This poet was one of the courtiers of Shah Abbas and of a 

 good' family. He died at the early age of 36 and was buried 

 at Cazvin. He composed a Saki JYameh. 



Abu Terab Beg Ferkati 



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Ferkati flourished in the reign of Shah Abbas ; and, accord- 

 ing to native authority, was the first poet of his time : prefer- 

 ring retirement he quitted the Court, s( The lamp of life of 

 this enlightener of the banquet of literature became extinct at 

 Ispahan A. H. 1007. 



f _ Arifi, 



Arifi, commonly styled Mula Arifi, flourished in the reign 

 of Shah-Jehan. He composed a Diioan, and a Masnawi 

 called MihrrWa-Mah, the Sun and Moon. 



Mahomed Afzel, in his Tazkiret-i- Sirkh u sh gives a brief 

 account of this poet, 



Abid. 



Abid also lived in Shah Jehan's reign : his real name was 

 Khajeh Abdurrahim. He is author of a Diiuan. Mahomed 

 Afzel relates an answer, which he made in verse, to an attack 

 of Abid on the manners and morals of theDervises, of which 

 body Afzel professes himself to have been a member. 



Ashrof Khan Mushahedi. 

 Mushahedi is said to have been a great favourite of the Em- 



