Lists of Persian poets

The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian poets as well as poets who write in Persian from Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Georgia, Dagestan, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, China, Pakistan, India and elsewhere.

9th century

• Rudaki (رودکی)
• Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)
• Shahid Balkhi (ابوالحسن شهيدبن حسين جهودانکي بلخی)

10th century

• Ferdowsi فردوسی
• Abusaeid Abolkheir ابوسعید ابوالخیر
• Rudaki رودکی
• Abu Mansur Daqiqi ابومنصور دقیقی
• Mansur Al-Hallaj منصور حلاج
• Unsuri عنصری
• Rabi'a Balkhi رابعه بلخی
• Asjadi عسجدی
• Farrukhi Sistani فرخی سیستانی
• Kisai Marvazi کسائی مروزی
• Abu Shakur Balkhi ابوشکور بلخی
• Ayyuqi عیوقی
• Khwaja Abdullah Ansari خواجه عبدالله انصاری

11th century

Statue of Omar Khayyam in Iran.

• Asad Gorgani
• Asjadi
• Ferdowsi, poet (925–1020)
• Omar Khayyám, poet (1048–1131)
• Abusaeid Abolkheir
• Sanai Ghaznavi
• Abdul Qadir Jilani
• Manuchihri
• Sanaayi
• Naser Khosrow, traveller, writer and poet
• Farrokhi Sistani (فرخی سيستانی), poet
• Baba Tahir Oryan
• Rabi'ah Quzdari
• Abu-al-faraj Runi

• Azraqi
• Masud Sa'd Salman
• Uthman Mukhtari
• Qatran Tabrizi
• Asadi Tusi

12th century

• Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
• Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
• Anvari انوری ابیوردی
• Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1220) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
• Mahsati Ganjavi مِهسَتی گنجوی
• Omar Khayyám, poet (1048–1131) عمر خیام
• Nezami, poet (about 1140-about 1203) نظامی
• Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?) سعدی
• Sheikh Ruzbehanشیخ روزبهان
• Abdul Qadir Jilaniعبدالقادر گیلانی
• Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
• Sanaayiسنایی
• Sheikh Ahmad Jami
• Masudi Ghaznavi
• Jmaluddin Aburuh
• Falaki Shirvani
• Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
• Ardeshir Ebadi
• Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
• Abulfadhl Meybodi
• Mu'izzi
• Ein-ul Quzzat Hamedani
• Mihani
• Shahmardan
• Ibn Balkhi
• Muzaffer Esfazari
• Uthman Mukhtari
• Ismail Jorjani
• Mahsati, poet مهستی گنجوی
• Omar ibn Sahlan
• Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
• Abulfotuh Razi
• Nizami Arudhi Samarqandiنظامی عروضی سمرقندی

13th century

• Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet (1207–1273)
• Sultan Walad
• Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
• Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, (1247–1318)
• Amir Khosravi Dehlavi
• Shams e Tabrizi
• Sheikh Ruzbehan
• Zahed Gilani
• Khwaju Kermani
• Mahmud Shabistari
• Muhammad Aufi
• Qazi Beiza'i
• Auhadi of Maragheh
• Auhaduddin Kermani
• Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din
• Ata-Malik Juvayni

14th century

• Hafez, poet (born about 1310–1325) حافظ
• Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Jewish convert into Islam (1247–1318)
• Khosravi Dehlavi,(from India) امیر خسرو دهلوی
• Shams e Tabrizi شمس تبریزی
• Khwaju Kermani خواجوی کرمانی
• Mahmud Shabistari شیخ محمود شبستری
• Meulana Shahin Shirazi
• Junayd Shirazi
• Ghiyathu'd-Din ibn Rashid'ud-Din
• Shah Nimatullah

15th century

• Jami, poet (1414–1492)
• Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, poet (1441–1501)

16th century

• Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
• Vahshi Bafghi

17th century

• Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642–1720)
• Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) - Composed the famous Zafarnamah
• Teimuraz I of Kakheti
• Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
• Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)

18th century

• Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)
• Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)

19th century

• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, malek al sho'ra محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)
• Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
• Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا آملی
• Mirza Alakbar Sabir
• Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
• Mirza Shafi Vazeh
• Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
• Táhirih Qorrat al-'Ayn, Babi poet and theologian
• Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی
• Muhammad Iqbal محمد اقبال
• Khurshidbanu Natavan

20th century

Prose

Sohrab Sepehri

Ahmad Shamlou

• Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
• Zhaleh Amouzegar (ژاله آموزگار)
• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930-1993), poet
• Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, poet
• Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)
• Simin Daneshvar (سیمین دانشور)
• Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)
• Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
• Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
• Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
• Houshang Golshiri (هوشنگ گلشیری)
• Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian (رضا قلی‌خان هدایت)
• Muhammad Iqbal, poet (محمد اقبال)
• Syed Abuzar Bukhari, poet, writer, orator
• Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
• Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, poet
• Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)
• Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet (ابوالقاسم لاهوتی)
• Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
• Fereydoun Moshiri, poet (فريدون مشيری)
• Nader Naderpour, poet (نادر نادرپور)
• Said Nafisi, Scholar, poet and writer
• Nima Yushij, poet (نیما یوشیج)
• Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()
• Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
• Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)
• Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی)
• Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
• Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
• Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet

Contemporary Persian (20th century and beyond)

Contemporary poets from Persian world (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan)

Iraj Mirza

• Adib Boroumand, poet (ادیب برومند)
• Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, poet (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, poet(محمد تقی بهار)
• Simin Behbahani, poet(سیمین بهبهانی)
• Hushang Ebtehaj, poet(هوشنگ ابتهاج)
• Parvin E'tesami, poet (پروین اعتصامی)
• Porya Ghavamian, dark romantic poetry and satire (پوریا قوامین)
• Farrokhi yazdi, poet (فرخی یزدی)
• Forough Farrokhzad, poet (فروغ فرخزاد)
• Iraj Fereshteh, poet (ایرج فرشته)
• Iraj Mirza, poet (ایرج میرزا)
• Varand, poet (واراند)
• Esmail Khoi, poet (اسماعیل خویی)
• Abolghasem Lahouti, communist poet
• Mirzadeh Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
• Nosrat Rahmani, poet نصرت رحمانی()
• Rahi Mo'ayeri, poet (رهی معیری)
• Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی)
• Mohammad Mokhtari, Poet
• Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, poet (محمد حسين شهريار)
• Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو), poet
• Fereidoon Tavallali, poet (فریدون توللی)
• Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
• Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
• Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
• Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
• Muhammad Iqbal, poet
• Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
• Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
• Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
• Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
• Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)
• Shams Langeroodi (شمس لنگرودی)
• Yadollah Royaee (یدالله رویایی)
• Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
• Bahman Sholevar poet and novelist(بهمن شعله ور)
• Khalilullah Khalili (خلیل الله خلیلی) Poet and writer

See also

• Authors from Iran
• Iranian poets
• List of Iranian scientists and scholars
• List of Iranian writers
• Persian language
• Persian literature

References

• Morteza Motahhari, Khadamāt-i mutaqābil-i Islām va Īrān, c 1350s Vol 14, p583-590 OCLC 34476860
• E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
• Mohammad Mokhtary Mashhad 1944 – Tehran 2002. Writer of Siavash nameh published by Bonyad-e-Shahnameh. writer of Tarikhe ostorehhay-e-Iran. one of the Persian researchers. Murdered by Islamic regime. He was one of the 72 Persians murdered by Emami terror team (Ghatlhaye zangirehi). kidnapped on his way home and choked to dead.
• Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ISBN 90-277-0143-1 OCLC 460598 LCC PK6097.R913 ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K