Kashef Shirazi (: ) was a writer in Safavid Iran, who composed works about ethics and poetry.
Kashef was born in Karbala, where his family had moved from Iran. He was the son of a certain Shamsa of Shiraz, an account keeper. Kashef's family moved back when he was still a child, settling in Isfahan. Kashef committed himself to writing and learning a variety of academic subjects for twenty three years, including logic, theology, and Arabic grammar. Like him, his brothers, Esmail Monshef and Moqima, were also prominent poets. Kashef later served as a judge for fifteen years in Ray, where he died. One of his written works, , has an autobiographical note in the final chapter.
Kashef wrote under the pen-names Kashef, Kashef-e Komeyt and Sharifa Kashef. Two of his best-known works are his prose writings, and , which have numerous passages with poems based on the by Saadi Shirazi.
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