Masʿūd Saʿd Salmān

The major representative was Masʿūd Saʿd Salmān. He was an official of the viceroy’s administration, but he fell into disgrace and had to spend long years in exile in remote fortresses. He wrote several poems to bring his dismal condition to the attention of the Ghaznavid sultan and thereby…

…in Lahore, where the poet Masʿūd-e Saʿd-e Salmān (died 1121) composed a number of heartfelt qaṣīdahs during his political imprisonment. They are outstanding examples of the category of the ḥabsiyyah (prison poem), which usually reveals more of the author’s personal feelings than other literary forms. Other famous examples of ḥabsiyyahs…

Masʿūd Saʿd Salmān (born 1046 in Lahore), who later became the governor of Jullundhur, was the first noteworthy person of Indian origin to have written poetry in Persian. The first truly great poet was Amīr Khosrow, who wrote in the 13th and 14th centuries. Of…