Manuscript of Azar Bigdeli's Atashkadeh-ye Azar. Copy made in Qajar Iran, dated 1824
Born
7 February 1722 Isfahan, Safavid Iran
Died
1781 (aged 58–59) Qom, Zand Iran
Pen name
Azar[1]
Occupation
Anthologist, poet
Notable work
Atashkadeh-ye Azar
Relatives
Agha Khan Bigdeli Shamlu (father), died 1737 or 1738[2]
Esḥāq Beg ʿUdhrī (brother), died 1771 or 1772[3]
Wali Mohammad Khan Bigdeli (paternal uncle), died 1763[4]
Hajji Lotf-Ali Beg Azar Bigdeli,[a] better known as Azar Bigdeli (Persian: آذر بیگدلی; "Azar" was his pen name; 1722–1781), was an Iranian[6] anthologist and poet. He is principally known for his biographical anthology of some 850 Persian-writing poets, the Atashkadeh-ye Azar (lit.'Azar's Fire Temple'), which he dedicated to Iranian ruler Karim Khan Zand (r. 1751–1779). Written in Persian, the Persian studies academic J.T.P. de Bruijn considers it "the most important Persian anthology of the eighteenth century".[7] Azar was a leading figure of the bazgasht-e adabi (lit.'literary return') movement, which sought to return the stylistic standards of early Persian poetry.
^de Bruijn 2011.
^Matini 1987, p. 183.
^de Bruijn 2011.
^Matini 1987, p. 183.
^de Bruijn 2011.
^de Bruijn 2011; Hanaway 1989, pp. 58–60.
^de Bruijn 2011.
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