Saeb Tabrizi Day · Ruz-e Sa'eb-e Tabrizi

Culture of origin: Iranian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Azerbaijani · Iran

Saeb Tabrizi (born c. 1592), named Mirza Mohammad Ali, was born in Tabriz and raised in Isfahan, and is regarded as one of the greatest masters of the Persian ghazal and of the 'Indian style'. Around 1626 he went to India and the court of Shah Jahan; after his return Shah Abbas II named him King of Poets. His fame rests on some 300,000 couplets, prized for their wit, aphorisms and proverbs.