Baba'i ben Lotf

Baba'i ben Lotf (Persian: بابائی بن لطف; died after 1662) was a Jewish poet and historian in 17th-century Safavid Iran. He lived in Kashan, where he probably originally hailed from, and was the author of the first Judeo-Persian chronicle, the Ketāb-e anūsī. It is written in Persian using Hebrew script and consists of some 5,300 verses. Baba'i ben Farhad (fl. 18th century) was one of his grandsons.

Sources

• Moreen, Vera B. (2010). "Bābāī ben Luṭf". In Norman A. Stillman (ed.). Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Brill Online.
• Netzer, Amnon (1988). "BĀBĀʾĪ BEN FARHĀD". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume III/3: Azerbaijan IV–Bačča(-ye) Saqqā. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-71009-115-4.
• Netzer, Amnon (1988). "BĀBĀʾĪ BEN LOṬF". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume III/3: Azerbaijan IV–Bačča(-ye) Saqqā. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 297–298. ISBN 978-0-71009-115-4.