Abu'l-Ala Ganjavi
Abu'l-Ala Ganjavi (Persian: ابوالعلا گنجوی)[1] or Abul'alā-ye Ganje'i (Persian: ابوالعلای گنجهای, lit. 'Abul'alā of Ganja') was a poet of the 12th century at the court of the Shirvanshahs.[2] He is also known as the "Master of Poets"[3] (استاد الشعرا Ostād osh-Sho'arā),[2] for he became the master in poetry of Khaqani, introducing him to the court of Khaqan Manuchehr Shirvanshah,[4] as well as of Falaki.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Karīmī, M. (2003). سیماى زن در فرهنگ و ادب آذربایجان (in Persian). p. 41. ISBN 9789646741447.
- ^ a b c Sajjādi 1983, pp. 252–253.
- ^ The Heavenly Rose-garden: A History of Shirvan & Daghestan. Washington, DC: Mage Publishers. 2009. p. 174. ISBN 9781933823270.
- ^ Hamid Wahed Alikuzai (2013). A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes. Vol. 1. Trafford Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 9781490714479.
Sources[edit]
- Sajjādi, Ż. (1983). "Abu'l-ʿAlāʾ Ganjavī". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/3: Ablution, Islamic–Abū Manṣūr Heravı̄. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 252–253. ISBN 978-0-71009-092-8.
- Beelaert, Anna Livia (2010). "Ḵāqāni Šervāni i. Life". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume XV/5: Ḵamsa of Jamāli–Karim Devona. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 522–523. ISBN 978-1-934283-28-8.
- de Blois, Francois (2004). Persian Literature - A Bio-Bibliographical Survey: Poetry of the Pre-Mongol Period (Volume V). Routledge. ISBN 978-0947593476.
- Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2022). The Persian Prison Poem. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1474484015.
- Hasan, Hadi (1929). Falaki-i-Shirwani: His Times, Life, and Works. University of London.
- Rypka, Jan (1968). "Poets and Prose Writers of the Late Seljuq and Mongol Periods". In Boyle, John Andrew (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 550–625. ISBN 0-521-06936-X.