Hafiz Tanish
16th-century Central Asian court historian and poet
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Hafiz Tanish ibn Mir Muhammad Bukhari (Persian: حافظ تنیش بن میرمحمد بخاری;[1] c. 1549–after 1598)[2][3] was a Bukharan historian and poet in the court of Abdullah Khan II (r. 1583–1598). He is best known as the author of Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, a Persian-language historiography and official biography of Abdullah Khan II.[4]
Bornc. 1549
Diedafter 1598
Hafiz Tanish حافظ تنیش | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1549 |
| Died | after 1598 |
The Sharaf-nama-yi Shahi, also known as the Abdullah-nameh, was described by historian Yuri Bregel as "one of the major works of Central Asian historiography and the most important historical source for the S̲h̲aybānī period."[2]