Ashura’ Encyclopedia

M - Muhteshem Al-Kashany

He lived in the beginning of the Safawy period and wrote poems praising Ahlul Bayt. He died in 996 Hijrah. One of his most famous poems are the ones that are recited all around the world on the nights of Muharram. He became popular for his strong lines of poetry about the tragedy of Imam Husayn in Karbala.