Abstract
Rahmati-i Tabrizi and His Turkish Poems
Rahmati one of Turkish poets lived in period Shah
Tahmasb (d. 1576) and Abbas I (1587-1629) who were
Safavi's kings. The oldest book which gives knowledge
about his life is Arafat al-aşikin va Arasat al-arifin
written by Avhadi (d. 1626). Avhadi saw him in Shiraz
when he was travelling to India. Accordingly he is from
Tabriz and he is a traveller, also a master of sulus and
nash writing. First of all he travelled to Shiraz because of
Ottoman's surrounding of Tabriz, but after a short time
went to Agra-India from this city. Probably some soufi
groups did not like him, because his some poems looks like
Sayyid Nasimi (d. 1418?)'s. Rahmati wanted to turn
back to Tabriz, but he died in Agra in 1616. We know
that there is only ane manuscript of Rahmati's
Keywords
Rahmati, Tabriz, Shiraz, Agra-India, Shah Tahmasb, Shah Abbas.