Daqiqi-e- Balkhi (Daqiqi of Balkh)

His full name was Abu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Daqiqi. He was a native Tajik of the city of Balkh, Khorasan, and regarded as one of the most outstanding figure in the early Dari literature.

Not much about him is known. He was a panegyrist who was attached to the courts of the Samanid princes. He wrote many poems and lyrical poetry but is mostly remembered for an epic that was dealing with the introduction of Zoroastrianism and about battles and feats of mythical heroes from the Khorasanians past.

Daqiqi's work is known to have paved the way for the Ferdowsi-e-Tusi's book of Shah Nameh (The Book of Kings). Though, Daqiqi cannot be entirely credited with beginning the styles of the epic literature, but he most certainly contributed a great deal to its creation. Ferdowsi also included Daqiqi's verses in his book of Shah Nameh. Daqiqi was murdered by his Turkish servant in the year 981.

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Bibliography

"Daqiq." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1997.