Imrani

Emrānī (or Imrānī; 1454–1536) was a Judæo-Persian poet, being "one of the most prominent Jewish poets of Iran".^[1]^[2]. Emrānī was inspired by the earlier poet Shāhīn to choose "as his field the post-Mosaic era from Joshua to the period of David and Solomon".^[3] His major work, Fatḥ-Nameh ("The Book of the Conquest," begun in 1474, unfinished), describes in poetry "the events of the biblical books of Joshua, Ruth, and Samuel".^[3] Emrānī's last great work, Ganj-Nameh ("The Book of the Treasures"), is "a free poetic paraphrase of and commentary on the mishnaic treatise Avot".^[3]

Major works

Fatḥ-Nameh ("The Book of the Conquest," begun in 1474, unfinished)
Ganj-Nameh ("The Book of the Treasures", completed 1536)

References

^ Yeroushalmi, David (1995), The Judeo-Persian poet ʻEmrānī and his "Book of treasure": ʻEmrānī's Ganǰ-nāme, a versified commentary on the Mishnaic tractate Abot, Brill Publishers, ISBN 9789004103016
^ David Yeroushalmi, "EMRĀNĪ" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
^ ^a ^b ^c Jewish Virtual Library, JUDEO-PERSIAN

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Name	Imrani
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Date of birth	1454
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Date of death	1536
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