Mahmud Gami

Mahmud Gami ( was a nineteenth-century Kashmiri poet from Doru Shahabad, Anantnag, Kashmir. Mahmud Gami is one of the most prominent Kashmiri poets of the medieval period. Through his poetic compositions he is well known to introduce Persian forms of Masnavi and Ghazal, to the Kashmiri language. He is popularly known as the Jami of Kashmir.

Poetry Kulliyat-i-Muhmud Gami (collected works of Mahmud Gami) published by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages includes the following:

Vatsun and Ghazal— 112 in number Mathnavi— 10 in number Nazm— 19 in number Na'at— Eulogies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Persian and Hindi— 27 in number Miscellaneous— 5 songs

Adapted works Many of Mahmud Gami's adapted works have been adapted from Persian literature. Examples are:

Lael Majnun — based on Laila-Majnoon of Nizami Yusuf-Zuleikha — based on the Mathnavi of Abdur-Rehman Jami. Shirin-Khusrao — based on the Mathnavi of the same name by Nizami Ganjavi Sheikh Sana'n — drawn from the Mathnavi Manteq-ut-Tair of Farid-ud-Din Attar Qisa-i-Haroon Rashid Mansoor Nama Qisa-i-Sheikh Mansoor Qisa-i-Mahmud Ghaznavi Paheel Nama Yek Hikayat