Editing Poet laureate (section)

===Asia===

==== Afghanistan ====
During the 10–11th century, [[Unsuri]] was made poet laureate by [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazna]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbpGAQAAIAAJ |title=The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World. Biographies |date=1923 |publisher=The Author |language=en}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref> Modern poets laureate of [[Afghanistan]] include Abdullah "Malik al-Shu'Ara" Qari, Sufi Abdul Bitab, and [[Ustad]] [[Khalilullah Khalili]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNxtAAAAMAAJ |title=The Concept |date=1985 |publisher=Raja Afsar Khan |language=en}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Adamec |first1=Ludwig W. |title=Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7815-0 }}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref>

==== Armenia ====
Poets laureate of [[Armenia]] include [[Avetik Isahakyan|Avetik Isahakian]] and [[Hovhannes Tumanyan|Hovhannes Toumanian]] (1970).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goi︠a︡n |first=Georg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsRBAQAAIAAJ |title=Two Thousand Years of the Armenian Theater: A Digest in English of Professor Georg Goyan's Recent Monumental Work in Russian : with Additional Essays in English and Armenian, by Other Contributors |date=1954 |publisher=Armenian National Council of America |language=en}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=989DAQAAIAAJ |title=The Armenian Review |date=1975 |publisher=Hairenik Association |language=en}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref>

==== Azerbaijan ====
In 1502, [[Azerbaijan]]-born court poet [[Habibi (poet)|Habibi]] earned the title "king of poets" from Safavid king [[Ismail I]]. Poets laureate of [[Azerbaijan]] include [[Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tyrrell |first1=Maliheh S. |title=Aesopian Literary Dimensions of Azerbaijani Literature of the Soviet Period, 1920-1990 |date=2000 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-0-7391-0169-8}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Goltz |first1=Thomas |title=Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-rich, War-torn, Post-Soviet Republic |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47623-8}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref>

==== Bahrain ====
[[Bahrain]]-born Muḥammad Sharīf al-Shībānī served as the poet laureate of the court of [[Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates]] (c. 1967).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ẓāhir |first=al-Māyidī ibn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSzCEAAAQBAJ |title=ديوان واخبار المايدي بن ظاهر |date=August 2023 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-1-4798-2580-6 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Bangladesh ====
During the 15th century, [[Zainuddin (poet)|Zainuddin]] was appointed the court poet of [[Bengal]] while under the patronage of Prince [[Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah|Yusuf Khan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ikram |first1=Sheikh Mohamad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4lXHAAAAIAAJ |title=The Cultural Heritage of Pakistan |last2=Spear |first2=Thomas George Percival |date=1955 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Karim |first=Abdul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DodAAAAAMAAJ |title=Social History of the Muslims in Bengal, Down to A.D. 1538 |date=1985 |publisher=Baitush Sharaf Islamic Research Institute |language=en}}</ref> [[Yusuf-Zulekha]] was the court poet of [[Sultan of Bengal]], [[Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah]]. Sometime during the 15th-16th century, [[Shah Muhammad Saghir]] was the poet laureate of the [[Sultan of Bengal]] [[Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shah Muhammad Sagir - Banglapedia |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shah_Muhammad_Sagir |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref> [[Daulat Qazi]], born in what is now modern day [[Bangladesh]], was officially appointed as the poet for the [[Arakan]] court in [[Myanmar]] (then ruled by King [[Thiri Thudhamma]]).<ref name="sen">Sen, Sukumar (1993). ''Islami Bangla Sahitya'' (in Bengali), Kolkata: Ananda Publishers, {{ISBN|81-7215-301-5}}, pp.23-33</ref>

==== Brunei ====
Poets laureate of [[Brunei]] include royal poet [[Omar Ali Saifuddien III]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ghani |first1=Nurdiyana Abd |last2=Idris |first2=Zubir |date=2020-12-16 |title=DASAR PERLEMBAGAAN SEBAGAI PENCAPAIAN SULTAN MUDA OMAR â€˜ALI SAIFUDDIEN DALAM SYAIR PERLEMBAGAAN NEGERI BRUNEI |url=https://jml.um.edu.my/index.php/jurnalmelayusedunia/article/view/27641 |journal=Jurnal Melayu Sedunia |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=266–296 |issn=2637-0751}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Awang.) |first=Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri (Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Diraja Dato Seri Utama Haji |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4w9SAQAAMAAJ |title=Royal Poet Al-marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien |date=2010 |publisher=Brunei History Centre |isbn=978-99917-34-74-3 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Cambodia ====
Poets laureate of [[Cambodia]] include Ind (1907–1924).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jacobsen |first1=Trudy |title=Lost Goddesses: The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History |date=2008 |publisher=NIAS Press |isbn=978-87-7694-001-0}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roces |first1=Mina |title=Women's Movements in Asia: Feminisms and Transnational Activism |last2=Edwards |first2=Louise |date=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-96799-3}}{{page needed|date=September 2024}}</ref>

==== China ====
In [[History of China|Ancient China]],  [[Emperor Yuan of Han]] appointed [[Shi You]] as the poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1979-05-01 |title=When poetry led to power |url=https://www.taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=20&post=25726&unitname=Culture-Taiwan-Review&postname=When-poetry-led-to-power |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}}</ref> During the [[Tang dynasty]], [[He Zhizhang|He Zhichang]] was appointed as the poet laureate of Emperor Ho Kwei.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Division |first=United States Adjutant-General's Office Military Information |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6IZCAAAAIAAJ |title=Notes on China |date=1900 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref> [[Zhou Boqi]] was a court poet appointed during the [[Yuan Dynasty]].

==== Cyprus ====
During the 19th century, after the Turks invaded [[Cyprus]], Mufti Hilmi Efendi was appointed the poet laureate of Sultan [[Mahmud II]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Affairs |first=Cyprus Committee on Turkish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6lrvb32lUcC |title=An Investigation Into Matters Concerning and Affecting the Turkish Community in Cyprus: Interim Report of the Committee on Turkish Affairs, 1949 |date=1949 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref> In 1980, the World Academy of Arts and Culture awarded [[Cyprus]]-born [[Costas Montis]] the title of Poet Laureate.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWfiAAAAMAAJ |title=Cyprus Today |date=1989 |publisher=Public Information Office |language=en}}</ref>

==== Georgia ====
[[Heraclius II of Georgia]] appointed [[Sayat-Nova]] as his poet laureate at the court of [[Tbilisi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Colin P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1uCaELAsv3MC |title=New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society |date=2011-03-03 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-99194-3 |language=en}}</ref>

==== India ====
In [[India]], poets laureate were maintained at the royal courts beginning in ancient times.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Altekar |first=Anant Sadashiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb3Z2UovOjkC |title=State and Government in Ancient India |date=April 2002 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-1009-9 |language=en}}</ref> For instance, in [[History of India|Ancient India]], [[Harisena]] was designated poet laureate by Emperor [[Samudragupta]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahajan |first=V. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eljzDwAAQBAJ |title=Ancient India |date=2022-01-03 |publisher=S. Chand Publishing |isbn=978-93-5283-724-3 |language=en}}</ref> During the 7th century, [[Harsha|Emperor Harsha]] proclaimed [[Bāṇabhaṭṭa]] as the poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=T. R. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRp1PKX0BXoC |title=Ancient Indian Literature: Classical Sanskrit, Prakrit, and apabhramsa |last2=Seshdri |first2=C. K. |last3=Gaur |first3=June |date=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0794-3 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jayamkondar]] was made poet laureate by [[Chola Empire|Chola]] Emperor [[Kulottunga I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wk4_ICH_g1EC |title=Ancient Indian History and Civilization |date=1999 |publisher=New Age International |isbn=978-81-224-1198-0 |language=en}}</ref> In the 10th century, [[Ranna (Kannada poet)|Ranna]] was the poet laureate of Western Chalukya Kings [[Tailapa II]] and [[Satyashraya]].<ref name="chav">Kamath (2001), p45</ref><ref name="ran">Sastri (1955), p356</ref> [[Adikavi Pampa]] was the court poet of [[Chalukyas of Vemulavada|Vemulavada Chalukya]] king [[Arikesari II]]. Also, in the 10th century, [[Ponna (poet)|Ponna]] received the title ''Kavichakravarthi'' (poet laureate) and ''Ubhaya-Chakravarthi'' (imperial poet in two languages) from Rashtrakuta king [[Krishna III]]. Padmagupta Parimala was a Paramama court poet.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tiwari |first=Shiv Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0gwfmPFTLgC |title=Tribal Roots of Hinduism |date=2002 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-299-7 |language=en}}</ref> In the mid-11th century, [[Nannaya]] was the poet-laureate of [[Rajaraja Narendra]].

In the 15th century, [[Cherusseri Namboothiri]] was the court poet of Udaya Varma. During the 15th-16th centuries, [[Allasani Peddana]] was the poet laureate of [[Krishnadevaraya|Emperor Krishnadevaraya]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]]. In the 16th century, [[Shaikh Gadai Kamboh]] was the poet laureate in the court of Sultan of Sikandar Lodhi. In 1665, [[Nusrati]] was made a poet laureate by Sultan [[Ali Adil Shah II|ʿAlī II]] (<abbr>r.</abbr> 1656–1672) of the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|ʿĀdil-Shāhī dynasty]].<ref>{{harvnb|Haywood|1995}}; {{harvnb|Sharma|2020|p=409}}; {{harvnb|Saksena|1990|pp=39–40}}.</ref> During the [[Mughal Empire]], Emperor [[Akbar]] made [[Birbal]] the poet laureate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mansingh |first=Surjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HAeAgAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of India |date=2006-05-09 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6502-0 |language=en}}</ref> In the aforementioned empire's later history, [[Taleb Amoli]] was Emperor [[Jahangir]]'s poet laureate from 1618 to 1627,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taleb Amoli |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/taleb-amoli |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=iranicaonline.org |language=en-US}}</ref> and Emperor [[Shah Jahan]] appointed [[Jagannatha Panditaraja]] as the poet laureate during his reign.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarma |first=Narendra Nath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc_eBshVJf8C |title=Paṇḍitarāja Jagannātha, the Renowned Sanskrit Poet of Medieval India |date=1994 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-393-3 |language=en}}</ref> In the 18th century, [[Bharatchandra Ray]] was the court poet of Maharaja Krishnachandra.

[[Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq]] was the poet laureate of the final [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-21 |title=In the lanes of Zauq and Ghalib - Express India |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121091428/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |access-date=2024-09-23}}</ref> In the 19th century, [[Ghalib]] was appointed as the poet laureate of the Mughal Court.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Spear |first=Percival |date=1972 |title=Ghalib's Delhi |url=http://ftp.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/texts/txt_percival_spear_1972.pdf |access-date=25 October 2019 |website=columbia.edu}}</ref> In the Indian subcontinent [[Kashmir]], [[Mullah Nadiri]] was the poet laureate during the reign of [[Sultan Sikandar]] (1378–1416, reigned 1389–1413).

===== Andhra Pradesh =====
[[Sripada Krishnamurty Sastry]] was the first poet laureate of [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.<ref>p. 644, Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes), by Shankarlal C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava, vol. 2, Kaplaz Publishers, 2006.</ref> [[Dasarathi]] served as the court poet (''aasthana kavi'') for the government of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

===== Jaisalmer =====
Alseedan ji Ratnu was the poet laureate (''raj-kavi'') of [[Jaisalmer State|Jaisalmer]] state.

===== Karnataka =====
In what was once the [[Western Chalukya Empire]], [[Nagavarma II]] was the poet laureate (''Katakacharya'') by Chalukya King Jagadhekamalla.<ref name="kataka">Narasimhacharya (1988), pp. 64–65, p. 19</ref><ref name="kataka1">Shastri (1955), p. 358</ref><ref name="upa">Kamath (2001), p. 115</ref>

===== Kerala =====
[[K. C. Kesava Pillai]] was the Poet Laureate of [[Travancore]] (located in present-day [[Kerala]] state). [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]] was the Poet Laureate of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2MqAQAAIAAJ |title=Journal of South Asian Literature |date=1972 |publisher=Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1950-11-22 |title=Poet laureate |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50039803?searchTerm=%22poet%20laureate%20of%22 |access-date=2024-09-21 |work=Courier-Mail}}</ref>

===== Madhya Pradesh =====
During the 15th century, [[Raidhu]] (who was born in [[Gwalior]]) was the poet laureate for the court of Dungar Singh and Kirti Singh.

===== Maharashtra =====
[[Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe]] was the poet laureate of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Jagtik kirtiche 126 sahityik">{{cite book |last1=Dr, Gadre |first1=Anuradha |title=Jagtik kirtiche 126 sahityik |date=2009 |publisher=Manorama |location=Pune}}</ref>

===== Tamil Nadu =====
[[Kannadasan]] was the poet laureate of [[Tamil Nadu]] at the time of his death.

===== Telegana =====
Sripada Krishna Sastry was the poet laureate during the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahender |first=Adepu |date=2017-03-23 |title=Century-old library lost in time |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2017-03-23/Century-old-library-lost-in-time/288514 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

==== Indonesia ====
In the 14th century, [[Mpu Prapanca]] served as the poet laureate in the royal court of Emperor [[Hayam Wuruk]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_xRAQAAIAAJ |title=Inter-ocean: A Netherlands East Indian Magazine Devoted to Malaysia and Australasia (Cover Title: Inter-ocean) |date=1928 |publisher=G. Kolff & Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uz_cgY-uASkC |title=The Voice of Indonesia |date=1957 |publisher=Broadcasting Service of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Indonesia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8wLAAAAIAAJ |title=Atma nan Jaya: majalah ilmiah Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya |date=1991 |publisher=Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya |language=id}}</ref> During the 18th century, [[Yasadipura I]] served as the Poet Laureate of [[Surakarta Sunanate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Florida |first=Nancy K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JtXWqGzfzGgC |title=Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future: History as Prophesy in Colonial Java |date=1995 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-1622-0 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Iran ====
[[File:Mohammad-Taqi Bahar-Original.jpg|thumb|Mohammad-Taqi Bahar poet laureate of [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]].]]
In the 11th century, [[Iran]]-born [[Abu-al-Faraj Runi]] became a court poet during the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid period]]. [[Manuchehri]] was another court poet during the aforementioned period. [[Qatran Tabrizi]] was the court poet of the dynasties of the [[Rawadids]] and [[Shaddadids]]. During the 13th century, [[Khwaju Kermani]] was the official court poet of [[Il-Khanid]] rulers [[Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan]] and [[Arpa Ke'un]], the [[Mozaffarid]] [[Mubariz al-Din Muhammad]], and [[Abu Ishaq Inju]] of the [[Injuids|Inju]] dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jr |first=Everett Jenkins |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBIkCQAAQBAJ |title=The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500): A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas |date=2015-05-07 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0888-4 |language=en}}</ref> [[Farid Isfarayini]] was the court poet of the [[Salghurids]] in [[Shiraz]].{{sfn|Safa|1999}} In the 14th century, [[Salman Savaji]] was the court poet of the [[Jalayirids]].{{sfn|Wing|2016|p=15}}

During the [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid era]], [[Vahshi Bafqi]] was the poet laureate of Ghiyat al-Din Mir Miran.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dve7DwAAQBAJ |title=The Heritage of Sufism: Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750) v. 3 |date=2018-04-30 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-78607-527-7 |language=en}}</ref> Sometime during the 15th century, [[Baba Fighani Shirazi]] became the court poet of [[Aq Qoyunlu]] [[Yaqub Aq Qoyunlu|Ya'qub Beg]]. In the 17th century, [[Taleb Amoli]] was made the poet laureate of the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Jahangir]] (1618). Also, in the 17th century, during his travels to [[India]], the Persian poet [[Kalim Kashani]] was made poet laureate by [[Mughal Empire|Mogul]] emperor [[Shah Jahan]] in 1632.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Supriya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zh-_DwAAQBAJ |title=The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India |date=2020-01-07 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-24391-0 |language=en}}</ref> During the 18th century, [[Fath-Ali Khan Saba|Saba]] (Fath-Ali Khan Kashani) was the poet laureate of [[Fath-Ali Shah Qajar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hillenbrand |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dy4rDwAAQBAJ |title=Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings |date=2017-07-05 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-54892-2 |language=en}}</ref> In the 19th century, Prince [[Gholam-Hossein Mirza]] was the poet laureate of [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar|Mozaffar al-Din Mirza]] in [[Tabriz]].

[[Mohammad-Taqi Bahar]] was the poet laureate of [[Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar]]. He was born in [[Mashhad]] in 1884 (died 1951) and was a conservative figure among the modernists. He was appointed Poet Laureate by royal decree in 1903.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo |date=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Iraq ====
In [[Iraq]]'s ancient history, Ibn 'Atiyah Jarir was the court poet of Ibn Yusuf al-Hajjaj during the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adamec |first=Ludwig W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCYuLWs3ZIEC |title=The A to Z of Islam |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7160-1 |language=en}}</ref> Abd al-Malik Burhani was the poet laureate of [[Sanjar]] under [[Malik Shah I|Malik Shāh I]] and [[Sultan Sanjar|Sultān Sanjar]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sc7dNHde4MMC |title=The Persian Manuscripts |date=1889 |publisher=Verlag nicht ermittelbar |language=en}}</ref> Regarding cities, [[Aban al-Lahiqi]] was the court poet of the [[Barmakids]] in [[Baghdad]]. Poets laureate of [[Iraq]] include [[Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri|Muhammed Mahdi al-Jawahiri]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oron |first=Yitzhak |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LooyExir7EC |title=Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960 |date=1960 |publisher=The Moshe Dayan Center |language=en}}</ref>

==== Israel ====
Poets laureate of [[Israel]] include [[Avigdor Hameiri]] and [[Haim Gouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Writer Avigdor Hameiri Dies |url=https://israeled.org/writer-avigdor-hameiri-dies/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=CIE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorenberg |first=Gershom |date=2018-02-05 |title=Requiem for a Storm |url=https://prospect.org/culture/requiem-storm/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=The American Prospect |language=en-us}}</ref>

==== Japan ====
[[Kakinomoto no Hitomaro]] serve as the court poet of [[Empress Jitō]]. During the [[Heian period|Heien period]], [[Ariwara no Yukihira]], [[Murasaki Shikibu]], [[Fujiwara no Kintō]] and [[Akazome Emon]] were court poets.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4so4AQAAIAAJ&q=%22court+poet%22+%22kongo%22 |title=Musicworks |date=2006 |publisher=Music Gallery. |language=en}}</ref> Poets laureate of Japan include Baron Takasaki Masamitsu. The current Princess of Benin, Damarea Liao was named Japan's first 'National Youth Poet Laureate' in 2024. [https://freshangleng.com/35403/nigeria%27s-liao-becomes-national-youth-poet-laureate-to-japan#google_vignette]

==== Jordan ====
Poets laureate of [[Jordan]] include [[Haider Mahmoud]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2020 |title=عر الأردن "الوزير" يغادر الكثبان وينعى "الجزيرة السعيدة": "نعال الكاوبوي تصفع الجعفي.. والسعف والسيف" |url=https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B9/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=شاعر البلاط والضفّتين : وصفي التل لو عاد لصاح أعيدوني للكفن والقبر |url=https://www.alhashmiahnews.net/index.php?page=article&id=219802 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=وكالة الهاشمية الإخبارية}}</ref>

==== Kazakhstan ====
Poets laureate of [[Kazakhstan]] include [[Abdilda Tazhibaev]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schwab |first=Larry M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dgVV8-NN5AC |title=The Illusion of a Conservative Reagan Revolution |date=1991-01-01 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=978-1-4128-2583-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9aAAAAAMAAJ |title=Political Anthropology Yearbook |date=1980 |publisher=Transaction Books |isbn=978-0-87855-371-6 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Korea ====
During the 12th century, Jeong Ji-sang was appointed as a court poet of [[Injong of Goryeo|King Injong of Goryeo]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fT8sAQAAIAAJ&q='%EA%B6%81%EC%A0%95%EC%8B%9C%EC%9D%B8'+'%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD'+%EC%A0%95%EC%A7%80%EC%83%81 |title=한국 고전 문학 작가론 |date=1998 |publisher=소명 출판 |isbn=978-89-88375-02-0 |language=ko}}</ref> During the reign of [[Jungjong of Joseon]] in the 16th century, Yun Kyung was appointed as the court poet to the king.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_oRAQAAMAAJ&q=%22%EA%B6%81%EC%A0%95+%EC%8B%9C%EC%9D%B8%22+%22%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%22 |title=韓國古典批評論: 신라, 조선 중기 |date=2006 |publisher=민속원 |isbn=978-89-5638-549-5 |language=ko}}</ref>

Beginning around 1994, [[North Korea]] had 6 active poets laureate who worked in the epic genre.<ref name="sung">{{cite book |author=Jang Jin-sung |title=Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea |publisher=37 Ink |year=2014 |isbn=978-1476766553 |chapter=Chapter 1: Psychological Warfare}}</ref> [[Epic poetry]] was the chief vehicle of political propaganda during the rule of [[Kim Jong-il]], and the poets worked according to the requests and needs of Kim Jong-il.<ref name="sung" /> Some of the poets are [[Jang Jin-sung]] (pseudonym), [[Kim Man-young]] and [[Shin Byung-gang]].<ref name="sung" />

==== Kuwait ====
Poets laureate of [[Kuwait]] include Mulla Abdeen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saleh |first=Sherif |date=May 14, 2019 |title=برع في كتابة القصائد الفارسية ومدح العديد من الشيوخ ورجال الدين |url=https://www.annaharkw.com/Annahar/Article.aspx?id=835611&date=14052019 |website=Al Nahar (Kuwaiti Newspaper)}}</ref>

==== Kyrgyzstan ====
Poets laureate of [[Kyrgyzstan]] include [[Chinghiz Aitmatov]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Croix |first=Jeanne Féaux de la |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TE7ZDQAAQBAJ |title=Iconic Places in Central Asia: The Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites |date=2016-12-31 |publisher=transcript Verlag |isbn=978-3-8394-3630-1 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Laos ====
Poets laureate of [[Laos]] include Nhouy Abhay.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=TIME |date=1961-02-03 |title=Laos: Time for Poets |url=https://time.com/archive/6809678/laos-time-for-poets/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>

==== Lebanon ====
During the [[Shihab dynasty]] in [[Lebanon]], Nicola al-Turk was officially appointed as a court poet of [[Bashir Shihab II]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farshūkh |first=Muḥammad Amīn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-pQcAAAAMAAJ |title=أدب الفكاهة في لبنان: دراسة وعرض |date=1989 |publisher=Dār al-Fikr al-Lubnānī |language=ar}}</ref>

==== Malaysia ====
Poets laureate of [[Malaysia]] include Muhammad Haji Salleh and Datuk [[Zurinah Hassan]] (upon her becoming a [[Malaysian National Laureate]] in 2015).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xF0tAQAAIAAJ |title=Anthropologica |date=2005 |publisher=M. Nijhoff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=AGENCY |title=Malaysia's first female poet laureate started writing because she was not encouraged to speak as a child |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2018/11/07/zurinah-hassan-sasterawan-negara-literary-award-singapore-writers-festival-poetry |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref> In the 20th century, Raja Haji Yahya was designed by the High Commissioner of the [[Monarchies of Malaysia|Malay States]] as the Poet Laureate of [[Perak]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bosworth |first=C. Edmund |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkfTKkrBW1wC |title=A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001 |date=2001-10-25 |publisher=OUP/British Academy |isbn=978-0-19-726243-6 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Maldives ====
Poets laureate of the [[Maldives]] include Sheikh Mohamed Jamaluddin (c. 1890), who also served as a judge.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Field |first=Garrett |date=November 2022 |title=Poetry for linguistic description: The Maldives inside and outside the Arabic cosmopolis in 1890 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/poetry-for-linguistic-description-the-maldives-inside-and-outside-the-arabic-cosmopolis-in-1890/B794204AAD26BF17E191DE3646F28569 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |language=en |volume=56 |issue=6 |pages=1951–1982 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X21000603 |issn=0026-749X}}</ref>

==== Mongolia ====
Poets laureate of [[Mongolia]] include Ke Ming.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stimac |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL7BEAAAQBAJ |title=An Accidental Journey: A Memoir of a Life in the Theater |date=2023-05-25 |publisher=Archway Publishing |isbn=978-1-6657-4444-7 |language=en}}</ref> Saichungga was the Poet Laureate of [[Inner Mongolia]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4iCcFatytgC |title=Inner Asia |date=1999 |publisher=White Horse Press for the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge |language=en}}</ref>

==== Myanmar ====
In ancient [[Myanmar|Burma]], there were kings who bestowed the title of ''[[nawade]]'' to the poets laureate. However, according to Kaung (2011), two nawades are often discussed in Burmese literature: Nawadegyi (1498–1588; Prome Nawade) and Dutiya (1756–1840; Wetmasut Nawade).<ref>{{cite book |author=Khin Maung Nyuntt |title=An Outline History of Myanmar Literature: Pagan Period to Kon-baung Period |publisher=Yangon |year=1999 |page=71 |asin=B00398UY4C}}</ref><ref name="ThawKaung">{{cite web |author=Thaw Kaung |year=2011 |title=The Myanmar Poetic Account of Ayutthaya Vanquished: Notes on Its Rediscovery and Significance |url=http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/2011/JSS_099_0e_ThawKaung_MyanmarPoeticAccountOfAyutthayaVanquish.pdf |page=27}}</ref><ref name="Toungoo">{{cite news |date=November 1987 |title=Toungoo Period Writers |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/BPS87-11.pdf |newspaper=Burma Press |page=11 |volume=1 |number=8}}</ref>

Other historical figures include U Shun, who was appointed as a court poet to King [[Bagyidaw]] during the [[Konbaung dynasty]] of [[Burma]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smyth |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5T5FAQAAQBAJ |title=The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam |date=2013-10-08 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-81612-3 |language=en}}</ref> During the [[Konbaung dynasty]], [[Maung Myat San|Letwe Thondara]] served as the court poet of [[Mahadhammaraza Dipadi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Letwe Nawrahta (1723-1791), Recorder of Myanmar History |url=http://www.uclmyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3-Letwe-Nawrahta.pdf |publisher=UCL Myanmar}}</ref><ref>His specific ministerial title was ''Away-Yauk-Min'', {{langx|my|အဝေးရောက်မင်း}} {{IPA|my|əwéi jaʊʔ mí̃|}} ([http://sealang.net/burmese/ SEAlang Library Burmese Dictionary])</ref> Later, in the country's history, [[Soe Nyunt]] was appointed as the Poet Laureate of [[Myanmar|Burma]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=sū |first=Thī lā Cacʻ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1lkAAAAMAAJ |title=မြန်မာကဗျာဝေဖန်ရေးစာပေ: An Appreciation |date=1998 |publisher=Moe Min Sarpay |language=my}}</ref>

==== Nepal ====
Poets laureate of [[Nepal]] include [[Lekhnath Paudyal]] and [[Laxmi Prasad Devkota]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDvjAAAAMAAJ |title=Nepal To-day |date=1965 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rde1AAAAIAAJ |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay |date=1987 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bombay |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rajbhandari |first1=Keshab R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C60SAQAAMAAJ |title=Beautiful Orchids of Nepal |last2=Bhattarai |first2=Sushila |date=2001 |publisher=Keshab R. Rajbhandari |isbn=978-99933-51-83-2 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Oman ====
In [[Oman]], Al-Sitali served as the poet laureate during the [[Nabhani dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vine |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9NtAAAAMAAJ |title=Oman in History |date=1995 |publisher=Ministry of Information |isbn=978-1-898162-11-7 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Pakistan ====
During the 18th century, Jam Durrak was appointed as the poet laureate of the royal court of [[Mir Nasir Khan I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Claus |first1=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg4HEAAAQBAJ |title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia |last2=Diamond |first2=Sarah |last3=Mills |first3=Margaret |date=2020-10-28 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-10122-5 |language=en}}</ref> Later in Pakistan's history, Poets laureate of [[Pakistan]] would include [[Hafeez Jalandhari]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8tBKDD7eJEgC |title=Times of India Illustrated Weekly |date=1983 |publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press |language=en}}</ref>

==== Philippines ====
Poet Laureate of the [[Philippines]] include [[Cecilio Apóstol]], [[Alberto Segismundo Cruz]] (1945), and [[Amado Yuzon]] (1959).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-01 |title=111st [sic?] Anniversary of Dr. José P. Rizal's martyrdom |website=[[Manila Bulletin]] |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/12/30/OPED20071230112995.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201205744/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/12/30/OPED20071230112995.html |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-08 |title=A poet on a motorcycle |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/240069/a-poet-on-a-motorcycle/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Lifestyle.INQ |language=en-US}}</ref> For cities, [[Abdon Balde Jr.]] became the Poet Laureate of [[Albay]] in 2012.

==== Saudi Arabia ====
Poets laureate of [[Saudi Arabia]] include Ahmed Ibrahim al-Ghazzawi'''.'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tKVtAAAAMAAJ |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: From the First to the Second World War. Series B, Turkey, Iran, and the Middle East, 1918-1939 |date=1985 |publisher=University Publications of America |isbn=978-0-89093-603-0 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Sri Lanka ====
Poets laureate of [[Sri Lanka]] include [[Thotagamuwe Sri Rahula Thera]], who lived during the 15th century.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTm2AAAAIAAJ |title=Statistical Pocket Book of the Republic of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). |date=1974 |publisher=Department of Census and Statistics |language=en}}</ref>

==== Syria ====
During the 10th century, [[Al-Mutanabbi|Al-Mutannabi]] was the poet laureate at the court of the [[Hamdanid]] emir [[Sayf al-Dawla]] in [[Aleppo]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Darke |first=Diana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jv2jHT_GRe0C |title=Syria |date=2010 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-314-6 |language=en}}</ref> In the 12th century, during the [[Nizari Ismaili state|Nizari Ismaili]] era in [[Masyaf]], Mazyad al-Hilli al-Asadi was the poet laureate of [[Rashid ad-Din Sinan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mirza |first=Nasseh Ahmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3l0DwAAQBAJ |title=Syrian Ismailism: The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, A.D. 1100--1260 |date=2018-10-24 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-79568-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Daftary |first=Farhad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37iKDwAAQBAJ |title=Ismaili Literature: A Bibliography of Sources and Studies |date=2005-03-23 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85773-994-0 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Taiwan ====
In 1963, Jun-an (Wei Qing-de) was named the poet laureate of [[Taiwan]] by the United Poets Laureate International.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taiwan's Poet Laureate |url=https://artistsday.nmh.gov.tw/En/art12.html |website=National Museum of History (Taiwan)}}</ref> The organization was founded by Taiwanese poet Zhong Dingwen and Filipino poet [[Amado Yuzon]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=盧國才 |first=張貼者： |title=第687篇：《詩林》 |url=http://www.kokchailu.com/2010/01/687.html |access-date=2024-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=United Poets Laureate International {{!}} UIA Yearbook Profile {{!}} Union of International Associations |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100000239 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=uia.org}}</ref> In 2004, Taiwanese [[Yu Hsi]] was awarded Poet Laureate by the Seoul World Academy of Arts and Culture.<ref name="IE_TaiwanScholarThiruvalluvarAward">{{cite news |last=Express News Service |first= |date=16 January 2014 |title=Taiwan-origin Tamil Scholar Gets Thiruvalluvar Award |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Taiwan-origin-Tamil-Scholar-Gets-Thiruvalluvar-Award/2014/01/16/article2001716.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020144212/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Taiwan-origin-Tamil-Scholar-Gets-Thiruvalluvar-Award/2014/01/16/article2001716.ece |archive-date=20 October 2014 |access-date=19 August 2016 |newspaper=The New Indian Express |publisher=Express Publications |location= |pages= |language=}}</ref>

==== Tajikistan ====
In ancient times, [[Tajikistan]]-born [[Rudaki]] became the poet laureate in the royal court of [[Ahmad Samani]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hiro |first=Dilip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzuEDwAAQBAJ |title=Inside Central Asia: A Political and Cultural History of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran |date=2011-11-01 |publisher=Abrams |isbn=978-1-59020-378-1 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Thailand ====
[[Si Prat]] serve as the court poet of [[King Narai]] during the 17th century. Poets laureate of [[Thailand]] include [[Sunthorn Phu]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Taus-Bolstad |first=Stacy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMufWH-TUGYC |title=Thailand in Pictures |date=2003-08-01 |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |isbn=978-0-8225-0939-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Peleggi |first=Maurizio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAi3FcW_ALAC |title=Thailand: The Worldly Kingdom |date=2007-05-30 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-86189-314-7 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Turkey ====
During the 12th century, [[Nicholas Kallikles]] was the court poet of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] court in [[Constantinople]] during the reigns of [[Alexios I Komnenos]]. In 1302, [[Safi al-Din al-Hilli]] served as the court poet in [[Mardin]] under the [[Artuqids]]. [[Mehmet Akif Ersoy]] (b. 1873–d. December 27, 1936), a famous poet, was the Poet-Laureate of [[Turkey]]. He composed the poem to be the National Anthem of the Turkish Republic that written in 1921. Original name of the poem is "İstiklal Marşı"

==== Turkmenistan ====
In the 12th century, [[Rashid al-Din Vatvat]] became the poet laurete of the court in [[Konye-Urgench|Gurganj]] under [[Il-Arslan]] (in what is now [[Turkmenistan]]).{{sfn|Chalisova|2000}} Poets laureate of [[Turkmenistan]] include [[Gozel Shagulyeva]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRUST THROUGH UNDERSTANDING |url=https://www.turkmenistaninfo.ru/?page_id=6&type=article&elem_id=page_6/magazine_298/2465&lang_id=en |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=www.turkmenistaninfo.ru}}</ref>

==== United Arab Emirates ====
Poets laureate of the [[United Arab Emirates]] include Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suwaidi (PVT) |first=Dr Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al |date=2020-08-12 |title=Honouring the Late Poet Laureate of the UAE |url=https://medium.com/@dr.hamedalsuwaidi/honouring-the-late-poet-laureate-of-the-uae-88951b8e87c4 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>

==== Uzbekistan ====
In the 14th century, [[Uzbekistan]]-born [[Abu Sulayman Banakati]] was appointed poet laureate of [[Ghazan Khan]] court. In the 14th-15th centuries, [[Uzbekistan]]-born Khoja Fakhriddin Ismatullah ibn Masud Ismat Bukhari was the poet laureate in the royal courts of [[Jalal-ud-Din Khalji]] and [[Ulugh Beg]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vámbéry |first=Ármin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K80rAAAAMAAJ |title=History of Bokhara: From the Earliest Period Down to the Present |date=1873 |publisher=H.S. King |language=en}}</ref> In later history, poets laureate of [[Uzbekistan]] include Muhammad Ali and Śukrullo.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PgVAQAAMAAJ |title=Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Bulletin: Newsletter of the Kazakh-Kirghiz Studies Group, University of Washington |date=1993 |publisher=Kazakh-Kirghiz Studies Group, University of Washington |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv-wQxalwncC |title=AACAR Bulletin of the Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research |date=1989 |publisher=The Association |language=en}}</ref>

==== Vietnam ====
During the 16th century, [[Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm]] became the first Poet Laureate of [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gobron |first=Gabriel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19i7DcE6_XAC |title=History and Philosophy of Caodaism |date=2008-03-01 |publisher=Wildside Press LLC |isbn=978-1-4344-6284-8 |language=en}}</ref> [[Tố Hữu]] was the poet laureate of [[North Vietnam]] and the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]], and remained so even after his political decline.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nguyen-vo |first=Thu-huong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dD0EAAAQBAJ |title=Almost Futures: Sovereignty and Refuge at World's End |date=2024-06-11 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-39446-9 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Yemen ====
Ibn 'Aliwa-Ibn Hayyan was the court poet of the [[Banu Hamdan]] in northern [[Yemen]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Barber |first1=Karin |title=Africa |date=2022-06-06 |work=Literature |pages=542–588 |editor-last=Damrosch |editor-first=David |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119775737.ch18 |access-date=2024-10-04 |edition=1 |publisher=Wiley |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781119775737.ch18 |isbn=978-0-470-67190-0 |last2=Jeyifo |first2=Biodun |last3=Julien |first3=Eileen |last4=Buzi |first4=Paola |last5=Bausi |first5=Alessandro |last6=Idrissi Alami |first6=Ahmed |last7=Holmberg |first7=Bo |last8=El Koulali |first8=Salima |last9=de Moraes-Farias |first9=Paulo F. |editor2-last=Lindberg-Wada |editor2-first=Gunilla|doi-access=free }}</ref> During the 15th century, [[Abu Bakr al-Aydarus]] became the patron saint and Poet Laureate of [[Aden|Aden, Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=McLaughlin |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQvhZaEVzjcC |title=Yemen |date=2007 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=978-1-84162-212-5 |language=en}}</ref>