Ghani

Ghani Asadabadi, Mirza ‘Abd al-Ghani Ghai Beyg (murdered in 1599 or 1603), a poet hailing from Asadabad, Hamadan. Owing to the turbulent times in Hamadan under the Safavid Shah ‘Abbas, he departed for Khurasan for merchandizing. There, he befriended Mulla Naziri Nishaburi who accompanied him in his journey to India. He was well-respected at the court of the ruler of Kashmir for a while, but he was imprisoned following the conquest of Kashmir by Akbar Shah and composed quite passionate qasidas in jail. Finally he was killed at the behest of the king.

Buzurgan va Sukhansarayan-i Hamadan (1, 282-286). 

Ghani Tafrishi, Mir ‘Abd al-Ghani (d. 1599), born to a family of Sayyids of Tafrish, he was an erudite poet of renown flourishing under Shah ‘Abbas I (1587-1628). A student of Mir Abu al-Qasim Kaziruni, Ghani, according to biographers, he excelled his peers in his acute mind and virtues and his poetical talents and vigor helped him to compose elegant poetry. According to his companion Taqi Awhadi, he died in 1599.

Athar-afarinan (4,242).

Ghani Farahani, Mir ‘Abd al-Qayyum ibn Sayyid Muhammad (d. after 1632), a poet with the nom de plume Ghani. He departed Farahan for India and attached himself to the court of Qasim Khan Juvayni (d. 1632), the governor of Bengal. Ghani died in Dhaka a short while after the death of Qasim Khan Juvayni. Ghani was a vigorous poet. His nom de plume have been recorded as ‘Ayni and ‘Inabi in Subh-i Gulshan and Tadhkira-yi Ruz-i Rawshan respectively.

Tadhkira-yi Ruz-i Rawshan (574).

Ghani Yazdi, ‘Abd al-Ghani (b. 1611), son of Qutb Sha’rbaf. A poet known as Allah Murakkabi. He became acquainted with the followers of Muhammad Pisikhani Nuqtavi and became an adherent of the sect. since Nuqtavis were persecuted at the behest of Shah ‘Abbas, he fled to India in 1611 and entered the services of Jahangir Padshah.

Karavan-i Hind (2, 958-959).