Badr al-Din Hilali

Persian manuscript of Badr al-Din Hilali's poem Sifat al-'Ashiqin ("Qualities of lovers"). Copied by Shah Muhammad, Safavid Iran, dated early 16th century
Born	c. 1470 Astarabad
Died	1529 Herat
Occupation	Poet

Badr al-Din Hilali (Persian: بدرالدین هلالی; c. 1470–1529) was a Persian poet of Turkic origin. In Herat, he was a member of the literary circle of Sultan Husayn-e Bayqara and a close associate Alisher Navai.[1][2]

Works

• Hilali's Divan (including his ghazals, qasidas and ruba'is)
• Leyla-o-Majnun

References

1. Bernardini, Michele (2003). "HELĀLI ASTARĀBĀDI JAGATĀʾI". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XII/2: Hedāyat al-mota'allemin–Herat VII. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 152–154. ISBN 978-0-933273-75-7.
2. Gandjeï, T. (1971). "Hilālī". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469525.