Vesal Shirazi

Vesal Shirazi
Persian calligraphy by Vesal Shirazi, dated 1821
Born	1782 Shiraz, Zand Iran
Died	1845 Qajar Iran
Resting place	Near Shah Cheragh, Shiraz
Occupation	Poet
Language	Persian
Literary movement	Bazgasht-e adabi

Vesal Shirazi (Persian: وصال شیرازی: 1782 – 1845) was an Iranian poet, who wrote in the style of Bazgasht-e adabi, which advocated for the return of the Khorasani and Iraqi styles in Persian literature.

Some historians consider him to have been the most prominent poet under Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834).

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