FOL, MOAMMAD, b. Solaymn (ca. 885—936/1480-1556), widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet in Azerbayjani Turkish, who also wrote extensively in Arabic and Persian. …Although his greatest significance is undoubtedly as a Turkish poet, he is also of importance to Persian literature thanks to his original works in that language (indeed, Persian was the language he preferred for his Shiite religious poetry); his Turkish adaptations or translations of Persian works; and the inspiration he derived from Persian models for his Turkish works. While living in Karbal, Fol wrote adqat al-soad, adapted from osayn We-e Kef’s Persian work on the martyrdom of the imams, Rawat al-ohad, which he dedicated to Moammad Pasha…