Muhammad ibn Mirza Mu'min Asir Isfahani

Muhammad ibn Mirza Mu'min, who wrote under the takhallus Asir, was a Persian poet born at Isfahan. He was a pupil of the poet Fasihi Harawi. Unlike many of his contemporaries, who went to the Mughal court in India, he stayed in Persia and became a boon companion and close relative of Shah Abbas I; one account makes him the shah's son-in-law. ¹

Most of his poetry was composed under the influence of alcohol, and he died from an excess of drink. The probable date of his death is 1049 AH (1639-40), although some sources give later dates. ¹

His divan contains qasidas, mathnawis, tarji'-bands and ghazals. It was lithographed at Lucknow in 1880. Manuscripts of the work are catalogued in the British Museum and Berlin collections, and the entry also refers to the biographical dictionary of Kisas al-Khaqani. ¹