Muhammad ibn Wasif
Muḥammad ibn Waṣīf (died 909 CE) was an Iranian poet and secretary who flourished in the 9th century in the service of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan. He is considered to be author of one of the earliest works of poetry in Early New Persian according to the regulations of Arabic quantitative metre (sc. ʿarūḍ). Fragments of four of Wasif's poems, probably qasidas, are cited in the Tarikh-i Sistan.
Muhammad ibn Wasif
- Died
- 909
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- poet
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Muḥammad ibn Waṣīf (died 909 CE) was an Iranian poet and secretary who flourished in the 9th century in the service of the Saffarid dynasty of Sistan. He is considered to be author of one of the earliest works of poetry in Early New Persian according to the regulations of Arabic quantitative metre (sc. ʿarūḍ). Fragments of four of Wasif's poems, probably qasidas, are cited in the Tarikh-i Sistan.
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