Ayyuqi ( fa, عیوقی) was a 10th-century Persian poet. A contemporary of

Mahmud of Ghazni Yamīn-ud-Dawla Abul-Qāṣim Maḥmūd ibn Sebüktegīn ( fa, ; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi ( fa, ), was the founder of the Turkic Ghaznavid dynasty, ruling from 998 to 1030. At th ...

, he wrote the epic ''Varqa wa Golshāh'' () in 2,250 verses, story of the love between a youth named Varqa and a maiden, Golshah. According to the poet himself, the story is based on the Arabic work ''‘Orwa wa ‘Afra''. The work survives in a unique manuscript at Istanbul (''in picture''). He also wrote some ''

qasida The qaṣīda (also spelled ''qaṣīdah''; is originally an Arabic word , plural ''qaṣā’id'', ; that was passed to some other languages such as fa, قصیده or , ''chakameh'', and tr, kaside) is an ancient Arabic word and form of writin ...

''s. No reliable information about Ayyuqi has come down.Dj. Khaleghi-Motlagh
"ʿAYYŪQĪ"
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Encyclopædia Iranica ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times. Scope The ''Encycl ...

''. December 15, 1987. Retrieved February 26, 2012. His works are characterized by paired rhyme interspersed with

ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

References

* Jan Rypka, ''History of Iranian Literature''. Reidel Publishing Company. 1968 . * See the work of professor A. Ateş {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayyuqi Persian-language poets 10th-century Persian-language poets Ghaznavid-period poets

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