Aḥmashād Ghaznavī and Ṣadr Kermānī
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2025.79062
Abstract
In the first half of the 6th/12th century, Kerman witnessed the presence and activity of numerous poets and men of letters from both nearby and distant regions. Among those who visited this province during the Seljuq rule was Shams al-Dīn Aḥmashād Gharanavī, a preacher and jurist of the same century. ‛Imād al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, in his celebrated work Kharīdat al-qaṣr wa jarīdat al-‛aṣr, lists him among the poets of Herat, and from his remarks it appears that Aḥmashād was one of the leading scholars and learned men of his time. Khaqānī, in one of his qaṣīdas, praises Qāḍī Aḥmashād and seeks his support. Aḥmashād’s journey to Kerman took place before 545 A.H. In an Arabic qaṣīda, he composed a eulogy for Ṣadr al-Dīn Abū al-Yaman Aḥmad Kermānī, vizier to the Seljuq ruler Mughīth al-Dīn Muḥammad (r. 537–551 A.H.), portions of which are quoted by ‛Imād al-Iṣfahānī. The present article introduces Aḥmashād Ghaznavī, Ṣadr al-Dīn Abū al-Yaman Kermānī, and his son Amīr Fakhr al-Dīn Mas‛ūd.
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