Razi Danesh Mashadi

Razi ibn Abu Turab Mashadi (known as Danesh) (died 1665) was Iranian Poet laureate of the Mughal Empire between 1655 and 1662.

Life

He was born in Isfahan. His father was a poet who immigrated to India and died in 1650 in Heydarabad. Danesh went to India before the death of his father. Danesh sang a Qasida in the court of Shah Jahan and gained 2000 Rupees. Also, he served Shah Jahan and Shah Shoja Mozaffari.[1]

Sources
  1. Tabrīzī, Naẓmī (1984). 200 Orator (in Arabic). Soroush.



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