TAHIR GHANI KASHMIR'S GREAT PERSIAN SUFI POET Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Tahir Ghani (1610-1668) is Kashmir's greatest Sufi poet of the Persian language. His teacher & spiritual master was another great Sufi & poet Mushin Fani. Tahir Ghani was visited in Kashmir by Sa'ib, Kalim & Qudsi, along with Tahir Ghani some of the most influential poets of the new style of Indian Persian poetry (Sabk-e-Hindi). Tahir Ghani led a simple life often in seclusion and never wrote for royalty or the rich. He exposed corruption and sang of truth, love and beauty in ghazals, ruba'is, masnavi, qit'as...