WRITER

Saib Tabrizi

1592 - 1676

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Saib Tabrizi (Persian: صائب تبریزی, romanized: Ṣāʾib Tabrīzī, میرزا محمّدعلی صائب تبریزی, Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿalī Ṣāʾib, Azerbaijani: صائب تبریزی) was an Iranian poet, regarded as one of the greatest masters of a form of classical Persian lyric poetry characterized by rhymed couplets, known as the ghazal. He also established the "Indian style" (sabk-i Hind) in the literature of his native language, Azerbaijani, in which he is known to have written 17 ghazals and molammaʿs. Saib was born in Tabriz, and educated in Isfahan and at some time around 1626, he traveled to India, where he was received into the court of Shah Jahan. He stayed for a time in Kabul and in Kashmir, returning home after several years abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saib Tabrizi is the 3,682nd most popular writer (down from 3,062nd in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Iran (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saib Tabrizi ranks 3,682 out of 7,302Before him are Gonzalo de Berceo, Steve Berry, Oton Župančič, Peter Dickinson, Rupert Brooke, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. After him are José Enrique Rodó, Ludwig Anzengruber, Charles Fort, Yu Hua, Georgi Pulevski, and Janet Asimov.

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Among people born in 1592, Saib Tabrizi ranks 13Before him are George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Catalina de Erauso. After him are Luarsab II of Kartli, François le Métel de Boisrobert, Étienne Brûlé, Wang Shimin, and Thomas Ravenscroft. Among people deceased in 1676, Saib Tabrizi ranks 19Before him are Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Francis I Rákóczi, Paul Gerhardt, Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Abraham Bosse, and Jean Desmarets. After him are Nicolò Sagredo, Gisbertus Voetius, Metacomet, and Gerrard Winstanley.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Saib Tabrizi ranks 311 out of 631Before him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Sami Yusuf (1980), and Jamshid Amouzegar (1923). After him are Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (1945), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Al-Birjandi (null), and Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Saib Tabrizi ranks 41Before him are Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Samad Behrangi (1939), Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Subh-i-Azal (1831), and Mahmoud Shabestari (1288). After him are Simin Daneshvar (1921), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Simin Behbahani (1927), Ibn Bibi (1250), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), and Iraj Mirza (1874).