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Herati Women Poets

Afaq Jalariz

Amjad Rezay

Bedeli

Dilshad Khatoon

Fatima Akhtar

Hamida M. Husseinii

Hanifa Faryor Rostay

Hayati

Hazuqa Herati

Maah

Mahjub Herati

Majuba Herawi

Maryam Kanizak

Maryam Turkmeni

Mehrunesa

Huma M. Azar

Senawbar Hajeza

Zahra Mahmudi

Zahra Rasuli

Ziagul Sultani

Biographies of Herati woman poets

She was a 9th century poet, living in Herat. The daughter of Amir Ali Jalariz, Dilshad was probably the sister of Amir Hussein Jalariz who was also a poet.  Her sister was Afaq Jalariz.

“The tear that came out of my eye
Sat apart and claimed its rights”

“All problems I had in my heart were solved by the grief I got
It was the grief of love; otherwise it wouldn’t have been possible to solve them”

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