Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (died 1037) was an Arabic-language poet of Daylamite origin during the Buyid period.
[1] Mihyar's poetry was dominated by metaphor, and he wrote in various poetic genres including ghazal,[2] riddles,[3]: 265 as well as writing elegies on Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.
[2] A former Zoroastrian, Mihyar was converted to Shia Islam by his teacher who was also poet.
[1][2][4][5] Ibn Khallikan narrates that Mihyar was harshly rebuked by an acquaintance for reviling the companions of Muhammad.
[1] Ibn Khallikan, who said Mihyar's works were so high in number that it fills four volumes, opined that Mihyar's writings "displayed great delicacy of thought and a remarkable loftiness of mind.