- Reza Qolikhan Hedayat
Rezā Qoli Khān Hedāyat (also "Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat"), known as "Lala bashi", was a writer and educator of
Persia 's royal family.Born in 1800 in
Tehran , he studied inShiraz, Iran and entered the services ofQajar id princes, and was given the title "Amir ush-sho'ara" ("Amir of the poets") and "Khan" byFath Ali Shah during a visit to Shiraz.He later became assistant to
Nasereddin Shah 's Minister of Education, and principal ofDarolfonoon .He died from a severe illness in 1871.
He wrote a "Divan" containing 50,000 distichs and six "Mathnavi"s, among them the "Gulistan-i Eram" ("The rose garden of Eram", perhaps referring to the royal garden with the same name in
Shiraz, Iran ), and "Tadhkirah: Majma'ul Fusahā" ("The meeting place of the eloquent"), and "Riyādhul Ārefin" ("The gardens of the Mystics").References used
* E.G. Browne. "Literary History of Persia". (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
* Jan Rypka, "History of Iranian Literature". Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-Kee also
*
List of Persian poets and authors * [http://www.hedayat.info/HED-biographies.html]
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