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Maryam Farāhāni—مریم فراهانی

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Maryam Farāhānī was a nineteenth-century poetess and the daughter of Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Qāʾim Maqām Farāhānī. When her family had a grievance against Muhammad Shah of Qajar, she wrote a qasīdah that caught his attention.