Kamal al-Din Isma'il

کمال‌الدین اسماعیل

1173–1238

Kamal al-Din Isma'il, son of Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Razzaq Isfahani, known as Khallaq al-Ma'ani (the creator of meanings), lived from 568 to 635 AH. According to some, he was the last great composer of the qasida in Iran. He was killed during the Mongol invasion at the hands of the Mongols. His father, Jamal al-Din Abd al-Razzaq Isfahani, was also one of the great poets of Iran. The collected poems (divan) of Kamal al-Din Isma'il have been made available on Ganjoor through the efforts of Siavash Ja'fari.