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Mirza Fazlollah Khavari Shirazi

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Mirza Fazlollah Khavari Shirazi
Born1776–1785
Shiraz, Zand Iran
Died1849/50
Shiraz, Qajar Iran
OccupationHistorian and poet
Language
Notable worksTarikh-e Zu'l-Qarneyn

Mirza Fazlollah Khavari Shirazi (Persian: میرزا فضل الله خاوری شیرازی) was a historian and poet in Qajar Iran, who composed the Tarikh-e Zu'l-Qarneyn, an important chronicle for early Qajar history.[1]

A native of Shiraz, he was born between 1776 and 1785. His father was Mirza Abdonabi Sharifi-Hosseini and his mother was the daughter of Agha Mohammad Hashem Zahabi. He died in 1849/50 in Shiraz, where he was buried. 15,000 couplets of qasidas and ghazals make up his divan (collection of poems) named Mehr-e Khavari.[1]

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  • Afsharfar, Naser. "خاوری شیرازی میرزا فضل الله". Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation (in Persian).

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