Jami (1414–1492)

Persian poet, scholar, and mystic. He wrote lyrical poems and odes, seven romantic or didactic mathnavi (long poems), such as ‘Yusuf u Zulaikha’ and ‘Salaman u Absal’, and many other works, including lives of the saints and Baharistan, a collection of anecdotes and ethical reflections. Jami is considered the last great classical poet of the Persian ‘golden age’.