Suzani Samarqandi
- Suzani Samarqandi
Shams al-Din Muhammad b. *Ali (or possibly Mas'ud)(PerB|شمس الدین محمد بن علی ) (d. 1166) was a
Persian poet born inSamarqand or its vicinity. He is more often known by his name, Suzani or "needle maker". According to one theory, the name is said to have arisen because of his violent passion for a needle-maker's apprentice under whose influence he supposedly took up the twin crafts of needlemaking and poetry. According to his own claim, he was a scion of the family ofSalman the Persian Rypka, Jan. ‘Poets and Prose Writers of the Late Saljuq and Mongol Periods’, in The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5, The Saljuq and Mongol Periods, ed., Published January 1968. ] , a famous companion of the ProphetMuhammad .Details of his life (he died in 562/1166) are lacking, apart from what we can gather from his works. Obviously he was a very cultured writer : he took a knowledge of Arabic for granted. He was also remarkably well read, and that his knowledge ofChristianity andManichaeism was exceptional, while his frequent use of Turkish words shows how widely known that language was. To make his livelihood, he addressed eulogistic verses to greater and lesser rulers, though he stayed inSamarqand . He did not hesitate to include lewd and insulting remarks in his satire, for which he had many a down-to-earth metaphor and turn of phrase. Suzani was a genuinely realistic poet with an unmistakable poetic talent.Notes
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