page_title: 'Orfi Shirazi
hierarchical_section_title: 'Orfi Shirazi
caption_attribution_description: Sayyed Jamal al-Din Muhammad b. Zaiyn al-Din Shirazi, the author of this Qasida, was a native of Shiraz and adopted the pseudonym Urfi in honour of his father. Then Urfi became the favorite poet of Akbar and also Jahangir, his successor. These initials sheets show the delicacy and original talent of the artists and Safavids copyists to carry out the books. A sober jadval framed the text in thin and firm nastaliq calligraphy, in two columns.
context_page_description: His name is given as Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi in the early sources. He lived from 963 AH-999 AH; c. 1556-1590 CE; known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi, was a 16th-century Persian poet.
  He was born in Shiraz and in his youth, he migrated to India and became one of the poets of the court of Akbar the Great. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of Indian style.
context_section_description: His name is given as Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi (or Sayyedi) in the early sources. He lived from 963 AH-999 AH; c. 1556-1590 CE; known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi (Persian: عرفی شیرازی‎), was a 16th-century Persian poet.
  He was born in Shiraz and in his youth, he migrated to India and became one of the poets of the court of Akbar the Great. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of Indian style.
caption: First pages from the Diwan of Urfi
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