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Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi (1555–1591) was a Persian poet. He lived from 963 AH-999 AH; c. 1556-1590 CE; known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi ( fa, عرفی شیرازی), was a 16th-century

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

poet.PAUL LOSENSKY, "ʿORFI ŠIRAZI" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
/ref> He was born in

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

and in his youth, he migrated to

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and became one of the poets of the court of

Akbar the Great Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of

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''عرفی شیرازی''
Dehkhoda Dictionary *

List of Persian poets and authors The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This list is alphabetized by chronological or ...

Persian literature Persian literature ( fa, ادبیات فارسی, Adabiyâte fârsi, ) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources h ...

16th-century Persian-language writers 16th-century Persian-language poets 1550s births 1590 deaths Year of birth uncertain Iranian emigrants to the Mughal Empire {{Iran-poet-stub