Topic summary
Court poet
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Poet laureate.
Iran
In the 11th century, Iran-born Abu-al-Faraj Runi became a court poet during the Ghaznavid period. Manuchehri was another court poet during the aforementioned period. Qatran Tabrizi was the court poet of the dynasties of the Rawadids and Shaddadids. During the 13th century, Khwaju Kermani was the official court poet of Il-Khanid rulers Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan and Arpa Ke'un, the MozaffaridMubariz al-Din Muhammad, and Abu Ishaq Inju of the Inju dynasty. Farid Isfarayini was the court poet of the Salghurids in Shiraz. In the 14th century, Salman Savaji was the court poet of the Jalayirids. Sometime during the 15th century, Baba Fighani Shirazi became the court poet of Aq QoyunluYa'qub Beg.