Editing Poet laureate (section)

==== 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>