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15th and 16th-century Iranian author From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi (also spelled Gazorgahi; Persian: کمال الدین گازورگاهی) was an Iranian author and religious dignitary of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He is principally known for his Majalis al-ushshaq, a Persian biographical dictionary of over 70 poets, Sufis, and members of the Turkic ruling elites.[1]
Born in 1469/70,[2] Gazurgahi was the nephew of Sayyid Zayn al-Abidin Junabadi,[3] a landowner from Junabad, who served in the diwan of the Timurid Empire.[4] In 1499, Gazurgahi was appointed as the sadr of the Timurid realm.[5] In 1502/3, he completed his Majalis al-ushshaq.[1]
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