Lists of Persian poets

Updated on Feb 04, 2024

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The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian poets as well as poets who write in Persian from Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Georgia, Dagestan, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, China, Pakistan, India and elsewhere.

9th century

Rudaki (رودکی)

Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)

Shahid Balkhi (ابوالحسن شهيدبن حسين جهودانکي بلخی)

10th century

Ferdowsi فردوسی

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr ابوسعید ابوالخیر

Rudaki رودکی

Abu-Mansur Daqiqi ابومنصور دقیقی

Mansur Al-Hallaj منصور حلاج

Unsuri عنصری

Rabia Balkhi رابعه بلخی

Asjadi عسجدی

Farrukhi Sistani فرخی سیستانی

Kisai Marvazi کسائی مروزی

Abu-Shakur Balkhi ابوشکور بلخی

Ayyuqi عیوقی

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari خواجه عبدالله انصاری

11th century

Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani

Asjadi

Ferdowsi, poet (925–1020)

Omar Khayyam, poet (1048–1131)

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

Sanai Ghaznavi

Abdul-Qadir Gilani

Manuchehri

Sanai

Nasir Khusraw, traveller, writer and poet

Farrukhi Sistani (فرخی سيستانی), poet

Baba Tahir

Rabia Balkhi

Abu-al-Faraj Runi

Azraqi

Masud Sa'd Salman

Uthman Mukhtari

Qatran Tabrizi

Asadi Tusi

12th century

Adib Sabir ادیب صابر

Am'aq عمعق بخارائی

Anvari انوری ابیوردی

Attar of Nishapur, poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری

Mahsati مِهسَتی گنجوی

Omar Khayyam, poet (1048–1131) عمر خیام

Nizami Ganjavi, poet (about 1140-about 1203) نظامی

Saadi Shirazi, poet (1184-1283/1291?) سعدی

Ruzbihan Baqliشیخ روزبهان

Abdul-Qadir Gilani عبدالقادر گیلانی

Khaqani خاقانی شروانی

Sanaiسنایی

Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami

Falaki Shirvani

Hassan Ghaznavi, poet

Sanai Ghaznavi, poet

Mu'izzi

Ibn Balkhi

Uthman Mukhtari

Mahsati, poet مهستی گنجوی

Rashid al-Din Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط

Nizami Aruziنظامی عروضی سمرقندی

Abd al-Rafe Heravi

13th century

Attar of Nishapur, poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)

Rumi, poet (1207–1273)

Sultan Walad

Saadi Shirazi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (1247–1318)

Amir Khusrow

Shams Tabrizi

Ruzbihan Baqli

Zahed Gilani

Khwaju Kermani

Mahmoud Shabestari

Muhammad Aufi

Qazi Beiza'i

Awhadi Maraghai

Auhaduddin Kermani

Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din

Ata-Malik Juvayni

14th century

Hafez, poet (born about 1310–1325) حافظ

Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Jewish convert into Islam (1247–1318)

Amir Khusrow,(from India) امیر خسرو دهلوی

Shams Tabrizi شمس تبریزی

Khwaju Kermani خواجوی کرمانی

Mahmoud Shabestari شیخ محمود شبستری

Shahin Shirazi

Junayd Shirazi

Ghiyas al-Din ibn Rashid al-Din

Shah Nimatullah Wali

15th century

Jami, poet (1414–1492)

Ali-Shir Nava'i, poet (1441–1501)

16th century

Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)

Vahshi Bafghi

17th century

Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642–1720)

Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) - Composed the famous Zafarnamah

Teimuraz I of Kakheti

Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)

Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)

18th century

Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)

Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (مرزا غالب)

19th century

Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, malek al sho'ra محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)

Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی

Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا آملی

Mirza Alakbar Sabir

Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی

Mirza Shafi Vazeh

Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه

Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poet and theologian

Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی

Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال

Khurshidbanu Natavan

Prose

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)

Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)

Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)

Harbans Bhalla (1930-1993), poet

Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, poet

Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)

Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)

Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)

Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)

Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)

Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)

Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)

Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)

Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)

Syed Abuzar Bukhari, poet, writer, orator

Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)

Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet

Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)

Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)

Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)

Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)

Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)

Said Nafisi, Scholar, poet and writer

Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)

Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()

Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)

Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)

Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)

Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)

Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)

Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet

Contemporary poets from Persian world (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan)

Adib Boroumand, poet (ادیب برومند)

Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)

Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)

Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)

Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)

Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)

Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)

Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)

Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)

Varand, poet (واراند)

Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)

Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet

Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)

Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()

Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)

Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)

Mohammad Mokhtari, Poet

Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)

Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet

Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)

Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)

Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)

Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)

Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)

Muhammad Iqbal, poet

Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)

Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)

Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)

Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)

Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)

Shams Langeroodi (شمس لنگرودی)

Yadollah Royaee (یدالله رویایی)

Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)

Bahman Sholevar poet and novelist(بهمن شعله ور)

Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer

References

Lists of Persian poets Wikipedia

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