ShÃÂhin-i ShirÃÂzi (, born in Shiraz in the Ilkhanate, Iran) was a Persian Jewish poet in the 14th century.
The details surrounding his biography are not clear. It is known that he worked during the reign of Ilkhan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1316-1335), and that he was also a contemporary of the Persian poet Hafez (d. 1390), who was also from Shiraz. It is unclear whether '"Shahin" is the poet's first name or his pen name. It is possible that he was from Kashan and that he was buried in Shiraz.
His works include epic cycles (poetic epics) from the Torah and from later parts of the Hebrew Bible. The MusÃÂ-nÃÂmah was composed in 1327, and includes narratives from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. The work contains close to 10,000 couplets. His versification of the Book of Genesis, the Bereshit-nÃÂmah, was composed around 1358; it contains close to 8700 couplets.
His epic poem on the tale of Esther, Ardashir-nÃÂmah, includes multiple stories in addition to the well-known biblical narrative. For example, ShÃÂhin also expounds on the adventures of Shiru, the son of Ardashir (Ahaseurus) and Queen Vashti.
Shahin and his successor Imrani sought to compose a national epic analogous to the Shahnameh.
In 2022, Iranian-Canadian composer, Iman Habibi, composed ShÃÂhën-nÃÂmeh as a winner of the 2022 Azrieli Music Prize. ShÃÂhën-nÃÂmeh is a 25-minute piece for orchestra and soloist on the story of Queen Esther from Ardashir-Nameh, and uses poetry from Shahin Shirazi's Ardashir-nameh. This piece was premiered by Orchestre Métropolitain and Sepideh Raissadat in Montreal.