Jayasi biography examples

Indian poet

Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477– 1542) was an Indian Sufi poet and pir.^[1] He wrote in the Awadhi language, and in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script.

His best known work is the epic poemPadmavat (1540).^[3]

Biography

Much of the information about Jayasi comes from legends, and his date and place of birth are a matter of debate.

Jayasi biography examples

As the nisba "Jayasi" suggests, he was associated with Jayas, an important Sufi centre of medieval India, in present-day Uttar Pradesh. However, there is debate about whether he was born in Jayas,^[4] or migrated there for religious education.

The legends describe Jayasi's life as follows: he lost his father at a very young age, and his mother some years later.

He became blind in one eye, and his face was disfigured by smallpox. He married and had seven sons. He lived a simple life until he mocked the opium addiction of a pir (Sufi leader) in a work called Posti-nama. As a punishment, the r