A New Research on the Life and Works of Siraj al-Din Ali Khan Arzoo Journal Article

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Boustan-e Adab Journal Second Series, Second Issue, Summer 2019, Consecutive Issue 85/1 (Formerly Journal of Social and Human Sciences) A New Research on the Life and Works of Siraj al-Din Ali Khan Arzoo Dr. Saeed Shafieiyon*\ University of Isfahan Abstract Although numerous articles and books have been written about the life and works of Arzoo, and some of his compositions have been edited and published; it must be admitted that work worthy of his name and status has not yet been carried out as it deserves, and existing research is often a cliché repetition of the statements of later sources. Among them, Siraj al-Din Ali Khan Arzoo (1619 AD) holds the highest position, as both his remarkable mastery of Persian and Arabic languages and Islamic culture, and his poetic taste, have led him to devote his life to composing many original and diverse works, almost all of which possess a profound and critical outlook. 3. Life and Circumstances Siraj al-Din Ali Akbar Abadi Gwaliori, a prominent Indian Persian-speaking man of letters, lexicographer, critic, and poet, titled Istidad Khan and Khan Sahib, and taking the pen name Arzoo (Khushgu, 1873: 133, 913, 213), was born in the year 1099, according to the chronogram "Nuzul al-Ghayb" that his father had composed for his birthday, in Agra (present-day Agra) (Ibid, 314-413).