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Persian Poets* 



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nameh, several risdlehs, and a Diwan comprising twenty thousand 

 verses. The Kitab Humai Humaiyun is also from his pen. It is an 

 historical poem composed &t\jBagdad, KermanVs favourite place of resi- 

 dence. From Bagdad he travelled into Khorassan. He was a disciple 

 of Shaikh Ola. 



There are two other poets bearing the appellation of Kermdni. Mir 

 and Ahmed. The latter was eotemporary with Tamerlane, and has 

 left the histories of Alexander the Great, of Genghis Khan and of his 

 patron Tamerlane in verse. 



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Author of a Diwan, flourished in the 12th century of the Hejira. 



Khanzeman Bahadur, 

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Was one of the nobles attending the court of Shahjehan. He died 

 A. H. 1044, in the subadarship of the Deccan. He is author of a Diwan, 

 Khanzeman' s father Zemanah Beg, commonly styled Muhabet Khan, is 

 still more celebrated for poetical talent than his son. Some account 

 of him is to be met with in* the Tuarikh-i-hind. 



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Kudsi Mushahedi 



Came into Hindustan in the fifth year of Shahjehan 1 s reign. He 

 was courteously received and treated with the highest esteem by this 

 monarch. The following is one of his couplets : 



Beit. 



I am not one to be driven away by the cruelty (of my mistress)* 

 But like the burning taper, look on with erect head.j 



