Mahsati

This article is about Persian poet. For the contemporary singer, see Mahasti.
"Sultan Sanjar surprises his beloved entertaining Mahsati in his tent". Folio from the Majalis al-ushshaq, dated October/November 1552

Mahsati (Persian: مهستی, romanized: Mahsati) was a medieval Persian[1] female poet who was reportedly one of the first poets to compose ruba'iyat (quatrains) in her native language.

  1. ^ de Bruijn 1991, p. 85.