Background
Vahshi was born in the agricultural town of Bafq, southeast of Yazd.
Vahshi was born in the agricultural town of Bafq, southeast of Yazd.
Vahshi was educated in the town of Yazd before moving to Kashan which was a center of literary activity in the Safavid period.
He worked as a school teacher before his poetry attracted the attention of the regional governors. From then on his career was one of serving the courts of various regional governors as well as Safavid Rulers. Vahshi according to one account was said to have died in 1583 at the age of 52 in Yazd.
He was buried in this city.