Abdi Beg Shirazi
Abdi Beg Shirazi | |
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| Born | 1513 Tabriz, Safavid Iran |
| Died | 1580 Ardabil, Safavid Iran |
| Occupation | Court poet, historian, and administrator |
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| Notable works | Takmelat al-akhbar |
Abdi Beg Shirazi (Persian: عبدی بیگ شیرازی: 1513 – 1580), full name Khvāja Zayn al-ʿĀbedīn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Moʾmen, also known by the pen name Novīdī, was a 16th-century Persian poet associated with the Safavid court; He was a court poet, historian, and administrator in 16th-century Safavid Iran, who composed the Persian universal history Takmelat al-akhbar.