Muhammad Sharif Gulkhani (1770s–1827), better simply known as Gulkhani (also one of his pen names), was a poet and satirist from Kokand. He was bilingual in Persian and Chagatai.

Not much is known about Gulkhani's life. He hailed from a farmer's family; his father's roots reportedly lay in what is present-day central Tajikistan. Gulkhani eventually became part of the retinue of Kokand's ruler Muhammad Umar Khan and his wife, who sponsored arts and culture within the Khanate of Kokand and were poets themselves.

Sources

  • Grassi, Evelin (2018). . In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
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Further reading

  • Erkinov, Aftandil (2015). . In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN .
  • Rypka, Jan (1968). Jahn, Karl (ed.). History of Iranian Literature. D. Reidel Publishing Company. pp. 514–515.