Forsat-od-Dowleh Shirazi

Mirza

Forsat-od-Dowleh Shirazi
Forsat-od-Dowleh Shirazi. After the frontispiece to his divan
Native name
فرصت‌الدوله شیرازی
BornMohammad Naser-Hosseini
November 1854
Shiraz, Fars province, Iran
Died23 October 1920
Shiraz, Fars province, Iran
Resting placenear the Tomb of Hafez
Occupationpoet, scholar, artist
LanguagePersian, Arabic
NationalityIranian
Period1880s – 1910s

Mirza Mohammad Nasir-al-Hosseini (b. November 1854 – d. 23 October 1920; Persian: میرزا محمد نصیرالحسینی), better known by his pen name Forsat-od-Dowleh (فرصت‌الدوله), and more commonly Forsat-e Shirazi (فرصت شیرازی), was a poet, scholar, and artist during the Qajar era.