Athir al-Din Akhsikati
Iranian poet (c. 1127–1211/12) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Athir al-Din Akhsikati (Persian: اثیرالدین اخسیکتی; 1126–28 – 1211/12) was an Iranian writer, whose ghazals in Persian played an important role in the development of the genre.
Athir al-Din Akhsikati | |
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Born | 1126–28 Akhsikath, Kara-Khanid Khanate |
Died | 1211/12 (aged 83–86) Khalkhal, Eldiguzid atabegate |
Notable works | Divan of Athir al-Din Akhsikati |
A native of Akhsikath in Central Asia, Athir al-Din first started his career at the court of Herat, under the service of the Seljuk sultan Ahmad Sanjar (r. 1118–1157). Following the latter's death, Athir al-Din went to western Iran, where he stayed at the courts of Hamadan and Tabriz. During this period he is known to have served under the Seljuk sultans of Persian Iraq, the Eldiguzids, and a local dynast, Ala al-Dawla Fakhr al-Din Arab Shah.
Athir al-Din spent his last years in the town of Khalkhal, where he chose to live in poverty and in search for spiritual knowledge. It was there that he died in 1211 or 1212.