'Orfi Shirazi

"Urfi" redirects here. For other uses, see Urfi (disambiguation).

Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi (1555–1591),^[1] known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi (Persian: عرفی شیرازی), was a 16th-century Persian poet.^[2]

First pages from the Diwan of Urfi

He was born in Shiraz and in his youth, he migrated to India and became one of the poets of the court of Akbar the Great. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of Indian style.