Mahmud Khan Malek al-Sho'ara

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Mahmud Khan Malek al-Sho'ara
Illustration of Mahmud Khan by Abu Torab Ghaffari
Born	1813 Tehran, Qajar Iran
Died	1893/94 Ray, Qajar Iran
Children	Mirza Jafar Khan Ali Hasan Khan
Father	Andalib
Relatives	Fath-Ali Khan Saba (grandfather)

Mahmud Khan Malek al-Sho'ara (Persian: محمودخان ملک الشعرا; 1813–1893/94) was a poet laureate, court painter and statesman in 19th-century Qajar Iran.^[1] He was the son of Andalib and grandson of Fath-Ali Khan Saba, the previous poet laureates in the Iranian court.^[2]