Abu'l-Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (died 1037) was an Arabic-language poet of Daylamite origin during the Buyid period. Mihyar's poetry was dominated by metaphor, and he wrote in various poetic genres including ghazal, riddles,Nefeli Papoutsakis, 'Abū l-Maʿālī al-Ḥaẓīrī (d. 568/1172) and his Inimitable Book on Quizzes and Riddles', Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 109 (2019), 251–69. as well as writing elegies on Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.
A former Zoroastrian, Mihyar was converted to Shia Islam by his teacher who was also poet.Encyclopedia of Arabic literature, Volume 2 By Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey, pg.525A Literary History of Persia from the Earliest Times Until Firdawsh By Edward Granville Browne, pg. 207The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, pg. 180 Ibn Khallikan narrates that Mihyar was harshly rebuked by an acquaintance for reviling the companions of Muhammad.
Ibn Khallikan, who said Mihyar's works were so high in number that it fills four volumes, opined that Mihyar's writings "displayed great delicacy of thought and a remarkable loftiness of mind."Ibn Khallikan's Biographical dictionary, 3 By Ibn Khallikan, pg. 517-520 However, Mihyar's poetic style was criticized for being "artificial and derivative."
See also
List of Persian poets and authors Persian literature
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