Ayyuqi

1 standalone book

Ayyuqi was an 11th-century Persian poet and a contemporary of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud of Ghazni, whom he eulogized in his work. He wrote the epic Varqa wa Golshah (the romance of Warqa and Gulshah) in 2,250 verses, a love story he said was based on the Arabic work 'Orwa wa 'Afra, and also composed some qasidas. His verse is characterized by paired rhyme interspersed with ghazal, though little reliable biographical information about him has survived.