Ashrafuddin Abu Muhammad Hasan ibn Muhammad Husayni Ghaznavi () known as Ashraf (اشرف) was a 12th-century Persian poet. A sayyid, he boasted of his lineage from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in his poetry.

Originating from Ghazna now in Afghanistan, he served mostly under Yamin ud-Dawlah Bahram Shah of the Ghaznavid dynasty. He also served Sultan Sanjar for a while. He died in Azadvar, Iran, where he is buried.

Hassan Ghaznavi

His divan contains 83 ghazals.

Hassan Ghaznavi

He died around 1160 or 1161.

Hassan Ghaznavi

References

Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K

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See also

List of Persian poets and authors

Persian literature

Persian poetry

Hassan Ghaznavi

Persian-language poets

12th-century Persian-language poets

Burials in Iran

Year of birth unknown

Poets from the Ghaznavid Empire

12th-century Iranian people