Ashraf Mazandarani

Mohammad Sa'id Ashraf Mazandarani (b.1620 in Mazandaran, Iran– d. 1704 in Munger in Mughal India; Persian: محمدسعید بن محمدصالح اشرف مازندرانی), commonly known as Ashraf Mazandarani (Persian: اشرف مازندرانی), was one of the last prominent Persian poets and calligraphers at the court of Mughal India. He was born into a scholarly family in Mazandaran, a northern province of Safavid Iran.His father, Mohammad Salih al-Mazandarani, was a famous Shia Islamic scholar and jurist and his mother, Amina Begum Bint al-Majlisi, was a female Safavid mujtahideh.