Šâh

"In the course of time the literary form of almost one thousand years produced enormous ”anthologies” for the glory of the šâhs and for the reputation of the poets, giving such valuable compilations to the history of literature as the Lubâb ul-albâb of Mohammad Aufi (A. H. 617—618 A. D. 1220—22), the Tazkirat ul-šuʿarâ’ of Doulatšâh (A. H. 892/A. D. 1487). The Haft Eqlim, the work of Amin Ahmad Rāzi from cca. 930 A. H./1523–24 A. D. was compiled under orders from šâh Ṭahmâsb Safavi, and the Âtaškade of Loṭf ʿAli Beg Âzar comprises the poetry of the 9ᵗʰ—12ᵗʰ century A. H.[…]The Safinat ul-Mahmud is divided into four parts called majles: / 1. majles: about the ”lives and poems of the šâh and the royal princes” (Rieu);[…]"