Mahmud Gami
Mahmud Gami | |
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مَحموٗد گٲمی | |
Mausoleum of Mahmud Gami | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1765 Aravaer (now Mahmudabad), Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, Kashmir |
| Died | 1855 |
| Resting place | Mehmood Gami Park, Mahmudabad, Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, Kashmir |
| Notable work(s) | Lael Majnun, Yusuf-Zuleikha, Shirin-Khusrao, Sheikh Sana'n, Qisa-i-Haroon Rashid, Mansoor Nama, Qisa-i-Sheikh Mansoor, Qisa-i-Mahmud Ghaznavi, Paheel Nama, Yek Hikayat |
| Education | Persian literature |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Movement | Sufism, Romanticism |
| Senior posting | |
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Mahmud Gami (Kashmiri pronunciation: [mahmuːd̪ ɡəːmiː] was a nineteenth-century Kashmiri poet from Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, Kashmir. Mahmud Gami is one of the most prominent Kashmiri poets of the medieval period. Through his poetic compositions he is well known to introduce Persian forms of Masnavi and Ghazal, to the Kashmiri language. He is popularly known as the Jami of Kashmir.