Persian Manuscripts : Taẕkirah-'i Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn
Muḥammad ʻAlī Ḥazīn, 1692?-1766?شيخ محمّد على حزيں
Persian Manuscripts
<p style='text-align: justify;'>The <i>Savāniḥ-i ‘Umrī ‘Ālī Ḥazīn</i> (Events in the Life of ‘Ālī Ḥazīn), a variant title of a work better-known as <i>Taẕkirah-'i Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn</i> (Chronicle of Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn), an autobiography of the Indo-Persian 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, then passed away in 1180 AH (1766–67) in Benares (Varanasi).</p>