Asīr-i Iṣfahānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Losensky, Paul E.
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Asīr -i Shahristānī (or Iṣfahānī ), Mīr Jalāl Muḥammad (c. 1029-58/1620-48), was a Persian poet of the Ṣafavid era (907-1135/1501-1722). Born in Isfahan into a family of prominent sayyid s (persons claiming descent from Muḥammad) from Shahristān, a district east of the city, his family's high social position was cemented by his marriage to a daughter of Shāh ʿAbbās I (r. 995-1038/1587-1629), Malik Nisāʾ Begum, and Asīr's home became a centre of Isfahan's lively literary scene. He was a