Career
Born in Kermanshah to a Persian poet by the name Mirza Ahmad Elhami and a Kurdish mother, his first poem was printed in the newspaper Habl al-Mateen in Calcutta at the age of 18. He soon entered politics and even received a medal from Sattar Khan for his efforts. Initially, he went to clerical school, but then went to Bulgaria and wrote many poems on Islam.
He then came back to Iran, and enlisted in the armed forces, and graduated as Captain in rank.
After being convicted by a court in Qom to death, he fled to Turkey, but soon returned and joined forces with Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani in Tabriz. His forces defeated Mahmud Khan Puladeen"s troops, but were soon disbanded by freshly dispatched forces.
He fled to Baku. After marrying a Russian poet by the name Sisil Banu, being unable to initiate a coup d"etat against the central government of Iran, he gave up and moved to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics where he remained until his final days.
Lahuti"s other works include "Kovai Ohangar" ("Kaveh the Blacksmith", 1947), "Qasidai Kremel" ("Ode to the Kremlin", 1923), and "Toj va Bairaq" ("The Crown and the Flag", 1935). His collection of poetry, in six volumes, was published in 1960-1963.
He died on March 16, 1957, in Moscow.
