Habib Esfahani (born 1835/1251 - 1894/1311; Persian: حبیب اصفهانی) was an Iranian poet, grammarian and translator, who spent much of his life in exile in Ottoman Turkey.

Biography

He was born in 1835 near Isfahan. He is also known as Habib İsfahani. The writer, who continued his primary education in Isfahan, later went to Tehran and Baghdad where he continued his education. The writer, who came to Istanbul because he was prosecuted for a political satire he wrote to Sipehsalar Mehmet Han, took refuge in the state and became an Ottoman national. Habib Mirza, under the patronage of Ahmed Vefik, gives Arabic and Persian lessons at Galatasaray High School. He died in 1891 at the age of fifty-eight.

Works

Persian Grammar

• Dastur-e Sokan
• Dasturca-ye Farsi
• Kolasa-ye Rahnama-ye Farsi
• Momaresat-e Farsiya
• Rahbar-e Farsi
• Barg-e sabz

Translations

• Gozares-e Mardom-goriz
• Gil Blas

References