Qasem-e Anvar

Who was Qasem-e Anvar?

Qāsem-e Anvār is an Iranian Azeri poet and Sufi. Qāsem-e Anwār wrote ḡazals, molammaʿs, and tuyuḡs in a simple Azeri Turkish. He was a Safavid propagandist and was born in Sarab, Tabriz.

Qasem-e Anar is the author of a popular Masnavi entitled Anis al-arifin, a explanation of Sufi terminology, and also a divan of Sufi poetry.

A well-known Sufi sheikh who had a large following in Herat, Qaem-e Anvar was suspected of collaboration with an assailant who stabbed Shahrukh and was banished from Herat.

Qasem-e Anvar also spent many years in Gilan and learnt the vernacular of the region and has even a Ghazal in Gilaki.