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| name = Asheq Esfahani<br />
| image = Page of a manuscript of the divan of the 18th-century Persian poet Asheq Esfahani, dated 1761 or 1762.jpg<br />
| caption = Page of a manuscript of the ''[[Diwan (poetry)|divan]]'' of Asheq Esfahani, dated 1761 or 1762<br />
| birth_name = Agha Mohammad Khayyat<br />
| birth_date = {{circa|1700}}<br />
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| occupation = Poet<br />
| language = {{cslist|[[Persian language|Persian]]}}<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1768|1700}}<br />
| death_place = [[Isfahan]], [[Zand dynasty|Zand Iran]]<br />
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| movement = ''[[Bazgasht-e adabi]]''<br />
| children = <br />
}}{{Short description|18th-century iranian poet}}<br />
'''Asheq Esfahani''' ({{lang-fa|عاشق اصفهانی}}) was an 18th-century poet, who was part of the literary movement ''[[Bazgasht-e adabi]]'',{{sfn|Seyed-Gohrab|2017}} which advocated for a return to the fundamentals of classical [[Persian poetry]] in protest against the excessively "unnatural" nature of the [[Sabk-i hindi|Indian style]] that dominated poetry in Iran and Persian-speaking India.{{sfn|Meneghini|2017}}<br />
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He was born in {{circa|1700}}, and died in 1768 in [[Isfahan]].{{sfn|Firuzkuhi|1987}}<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* {{cite encyclopedia | title = ʿĀšeq Eṣfahānī | last = Firuzkuhi | first = K. Amiri | url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/aseq-esfahani-aqa-mohammad-kayyat-or-in-one-account-mohammad-khan-a-persian-poet-of-the-12th-18th-century | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | pages = | location = | publisher = | year = 1987| isbn = }}<br />
* {{EI3|last=Meneghini|first=Daniela|year=2017|title=Hātif Iṣfahānī|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/*-COM_30384}}<br />
* {{EI3|last=Seyed-Gohrab|first=Ali Asghar|year=2017|title=ʿĀshiq Iṣfahānī|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/*-COM_24976}}<br />
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[[Category:1700 births]]<br />
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[[Category:18th-century Iranian poets]]<br />
[[Category:People of the Zand dynasty]]</div>Ajay Kumar