Hatef Esfehani

His family had relocated there from Ordubad during the Safavid era. In Isfahan, Mir Sayyed Ali Moshtaq established a literary group (later known as Anjuman-i Adabī-yi Moshtāq, "Moshtaq’s literary society") with other prominent academics, including Hatef, Sabahi Bigdeli, Tabib Esfahani, Asheq Esfahani, and Azar Bigdeli, the author of the biographical anthology Atashkadeh-ye Azar ("Azar's fire temple"). The two well-known Persian poets from Shiraz, Saadi Shirazi and Hafez, served as models for the group, as they desired to create poetry in the Iraqi style. One of his notable works is tarjiʿ-band, a poem in five stanzas with a recurring refrain in Arabic and Persian referring to divine unity. In addition to Isfahan, Hatef also briefly resided in Kashan and spent his final years in Qom, where he died in 1783 or 1784. He had a son, Sahab Esfahani, and daughter, Rashha, both of whom also wrote poetry.

• Name — Hatef Esfahani • Birth Name — Sayyed Ahmad Esfahani • Born — 18th-century • Birthplace — Isfahan, Safavid Iran • Occupation — Poet • Died — 1783/84 • Place of death — Qom, Zand Iran • Movement — Bazgasht-e adabi • Children — Sahab Esfahani (son) Rashha (daughter)