Saydi Tehrani
Biography
Saydi Tehrani, Mir ‘Ali (d. 1658). Born in Tehran, Saydi went to Isfahan and studied different disciplines including poetry. Since his poetry had not been well received there, similar to his contemporary poets, he departed for India and became a companion of Shah Jahan in 1654 and having eulogized him and his daughter, he was well received by Shah Jahan and Jahanara Beygum. He died in India and was laid to rest in Mashhad. His works include a divan, mainly consisting of qasidas, and a mathnavi on the merits of Kashmir. The following couplets are by him:
Your gait transformed many a state,
Saplings grew in orchards;
Mirrors are dim and mirror-holders dumb,
What parrots may learn from these that lack merits.
Asar-afarinan (4, 674).
