Pūr-i Bahā'-i Jāmī

(fl. second half of 7th/13th c.)

Poet

Tāj al-Dīn ibn Bahāʾ al-Dīn Pūr-i Bahāʾ-i Jāmī (whose penname was “Pūr-i Bahā”) was a Persian poet who flourished in the latter half of 7th/13th century Mongol times. He lived in Tabrīz, Iṣfahān and Baghdād, serving as a panegyrist to various officials, among them Baghdād Governor and historian Alāʾ al-Dīn ʿAṭāʾ Malik ibn Muḥammad Juvaynī.

Pūr-i Bahā’s poetry is full of explicit social critique. He makes “frequent use of financial and administrative technical terms” and offers a great deal of “comments on the political and social grievances of the time, such as excessive taxation or the improper behaviour of state officials”.

0179 Qalandar, Laʿl Šabāz Mīr Siyyid ʿŪmān ibn Ibrāhīm Marandī(d. 673/1274)

Mystic

Mīr Siyyid ʿŪmān ibn Ibrāhīm Marandī Laʿl Šabāz Qalandar hailed from a village outside Tabrīz, but soon left after accomplishing his spiritual training. He then proceeded to wander from place to place in the Sufi fashion, before settling in Sind for the remainder of his life. A number of his discoures were gathered by one of his devotees (Ḫiżar ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Fāżil) and compiled into the work Malfūzāt-i-Laʿl Šahbāz Qalandar. Mīr Siyyid died in 673/1274.