بهار و اديب نيشابوري

Bahar and Adib Nishaboori

After the death of his father, Malakoshʹshoar Bahar went to Adib Nishaboori to study Arabic literature. This was coincided with his promotion to the status of poet laureate of Astan Quds Razavi, a position previously held by his father. To show his poetic power to his poet rivals in Khorassan, Bahar sometimes felt himself compelled to boast about his poetic power in his poems. His master Adib Nishaboori could not tolerate such boastful acts, so much so that he joined his opponents. However, Bahar held his master in great esteem though he did not consider him a great poet, and for this reason wrote no elegy after his death. In this article, the writer makes an attempt to show the relationship between Bahar and Adib Nishaboori in Khorassan circle of poets.