KHAQANI Early Master of the Persian Ghazal Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Khaqani was born in Shirwan in 1122, died in Tabriz in 1199. He was a great poet and a master of the qasida and one of the first of the ghazal. He was born into the family of a carpenter. His mother was a Christian. Jesus features in many poems. After he was invited to court he assumed the pen-name Khaqani...
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