Razi Isfahani

Razi Isfahani (fl. 16^th century), poet who held vizierate under the Safavid Shah Tahmasb. According to the author of Tadhkira-yi Subh-i Gulshan, ‘Razi was the younger brother of Muhammad Sharif Hijri and the late Shah Tahmasb appointed him the vizier of Isfahan. The following couplets are by him:

I may neither render that faithless lover my companion,

Nor decrease the desire of meeting her in my heart.

I fear that people learn about her beauty,

Or else, I dare to do what Majnun did.

Asar-afarinan (3/ 78); Lughatnama-yi Dihkhuda (8/ 11706).