Mahmud Gami

Mahmud Gami
مَحموٗد گٲمی
Mausoleum of Mahmud Gami
Personal life
Bornc. 1765
Aravaer (now Mahmudabad), Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, Kashmir
Died1855
Resting placeMehmood 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
EducationPersian literature
OccupationPoet
Religious life
ReligionIslam
MovementSufism, Romanticism
Senior posting

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.