Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi

Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi in the presence of Sultan Husayn Bayqara. Folio from the Majalis al-ushshaq of Gazurgahi, dated October/November 1552

Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi (also spelled Gazorgahi; Persian: کمال الدین گازورگاهی) was an Iranian author and religious dignitary of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He is principally known for his Majalis al-ushshaq, a Persian biographical dictionary of over 70 poets, Sufis, and members of the Turkic ruling elites.[1]

Born in 1469/70,[2] Gazurgahi was the nephew of Sayyid Zayn al-Abidin Junabadi,[3] a landowner from Junabad, who served in the diwan of the Timurid Empire.[4] In 1499, Gazurgahi was appointed as the sadr of the Timurid realm.[5] In 1502/3, he completed his Majalis al-ushshaq.[1]

  1. ^ a b Melville 2017, p. 11.
  2. ^ Ando 2000.
  3. ^ Melville 2017, p. 13.
  4. ^ Manz 2020, p. 274.
  5. ^ Melville 2017, p. 14.