10 Facts About Vahshi Bafqi

Vahshi Bafqi was a Persian poet of the Safavid era, considered to be one of the greatest of his generation.

Vahshi Bafqi pursued his studies in Yazd, and then eventually moved to Kashan, a leading hub of literature during the early Safavid era.

Vahshi Bafqi appears to have been received well by various local poets, who were annoyed of the accolades bestowed on Mohtasham Kashani.

Vahshi Bafqi soon became involved in the poetic flyting matches that were an important aspect of the literary scene of this period, trading insults with competitors like Fahmi of Kashan and Ghazanfar of Koranjar.

Unlike other contemporary Persian poets, Vahshi Bafqi did not have a strong desire to travel, and thus spent the rest of his life in Yazd and the neighbouring palace-town of Taft.

Vahshi Bafqi wrote two brief chronograms on the coronation of Ismail II and commendation poems to the governors of Kerman, especially Bekhtash Beg Afshar.

Nothing suggests that Vahshi Bafqi ever got married, and he seems to have been reserved by nature.

Vahshi Bafqi was buried in the city, which has frequently been damaged due to political unrest.

Approximately a hundred manuscripts of this famous Persian epic from Vahshi Bafqi has been catalogued around the world.

Awhadi, the literary executor of Vahshi Bafqi gathered some 9,000 verses of Vahshi Bafqi's poetry after his death.