Eminent Poetesses of Persian

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Mr. Ravindra Mohan Chopra (born 14th january, 1934 in hafizabad, west Punjab) is a worthy son, inheriting dedication to social work and literary disposition from his worthy father late dr. Hira lall chopra, M.A., (Punjab), D. Litt. (Tehran), the well-known litterateur and social worker of Kolkata.
Mr. Chopra had a brilliant academic career throughout culminating in his getting first-class first in M.A., in islamic history of culture, from Calcutta university in the year 1956, in his professional field he had been a top executive with turner morrison group of companies which he joined in 1962, when in 1965 industry representatives were first taken in the top position of shellac export promotion council, mr. chopra joined it as the first elected vice-chairman. He was also vice-president of the Indian lac exporters association and, subsequently, a member of the executive committee of the Indian mining association and chairman of the Calcutta selected coal association. He is now well established in his own business of millstore items, hand tools and drilling accessories.

So strong is the Iranian aptitude for versifying everyday expressions from the beginning that one can encounter poetry in almost every classical work, whether of Persian literature, science, metaphysics or history. For over a millennium Iranian poets have written their poems in the language and its variations. Though the existing fragments of neo-Persian poetry date back to the eighth century A.D., the real history of neo-Persian literature begins with the lesser known Iranian dynasties of the ninth and the tenth centuries. The most important of these were the Tahirid (820-872), the Saffarid (860-903), and the Samanid (874-999) who established in Khurasan many brilliant courts that were to patronize learning and letters and rejuvenate Zaban- i-Farsi after a long interlude which became as the official language of the courts.
The history of Persian poetry has been mostly documented with Iranian poets, and little attention has been paid to the poetesses who also composed their poetry in Persian. The first poetess of neo-Persian, that we know of, was Rabi'a Ka'b Balkhi, also known as Rabi'a Ka'b Quzdari, whose dates of birth and death are not known, but who is believed to have lived during the same period that Rudaki, generally acknowledged to be the father of neo-Persian poetry, was a court poet to the Samanid ruler Nasar II (914-943 A.D), After that poetesses in Persian have appeared on the scene with remarkable regularity who have made contribution to Persian language and literature and have remained unwritten or unsung.