Esfahānīs Migrating to India (During the Epoch of Jalālodīn Mohammad Akbar)

The Epoch of Safavids is a period of vast migration of Iranian poets to the domains of the Indian Gorkanis and Dakan. This was followed by the popularity of Persian poetry and Iranian culture in India. The migration began during the dynasty of Šāh Tāhmāsb Safavi I and reached its peak during the dynasty of Jalālodīn Mohammad Akbar.The Gorkanis’ court support of Iranian artists and poets resulted in the advent of new schools of arts and literature in India. Homāyūn and Akbar Šāh as well as statesmen like Xān-e Xānān cAbdorrahīm and Navvāb Zafar Xān were always in touch with artists and poets and supported them. Among these migrants, there were a number of Esfahānī poets. The present article provides biographical details of these poets.