Ayyuqi

A contemporary of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni (r. 998–1030) he wrote the epic Varqa wa Golshāh (ورقه و گلشاه) in 2,250 verses, which is a story of the love between a youth named Varqa and a maiden, Golshah.

[1] In the introduction, he eulogizes Mahmud of Ghazni.

[1] According to the poet himself, the story is based on the Arabic work ‘Orwa wa ‘Afra.

The work survives in a unique manuscript dated to the mid-13th century and made in Konya (Seljuk Rum), which is now located in the Topkapi Museum (Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, Hazine 841 H.841).

[1] His works are characterized by paired rhyme interspersed with ghazal.