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Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Indian poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542) was an Indian Sufi poet and pir.[1] He wrote in the Awadhi language, and in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script.[2] His best known work is the epic poem Padmavat (1540).[3]
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