Persian Manuscripts : Taẕkirah-'i Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn
Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn, ca. 1691–1766شيخ محمّد على حزيں
Persian Manuscripts
<p style='text-align: justify;'>An incomplete autobiography of poet ʻAlī Ḥazīn (ca. 1692–1766) Originally born in Iṣfahān in 1103 AH (1691-92 CE), the author fled his native homeland during the rise of Nādir Shāh Afshār (b. 1688, r. 1736–1747). He reached the Indian subcontinent in 1146 AH (1733–34 CE), where he attained fame. He ultimately passed away in Benares (Varanasi) in in 1180 AH (1766–67).</p>