16th-century Persian-language writers

Gulbadan Begum (c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.

Firishta or Ferešte (Persian: فِرِشتہ), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi (Persian: مُحَمَّد قاسِم هِندو شاہ), was a Persian historian, who later settled in India and served the Deccan Sultans as their court historian. He was born in 1570 and died in 1620. The name Firishta means 'angel' in Persian.

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, from his appointment in 1579 until his death in 1602. He was the author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes, (the third volume is known as the Ain-i-Akbari) and a Persian translation of the Bible. He was also one of the Nine Jewels (Hindi: Navaratnas) of Akbar's royal court and the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of Emperor Akbar.

Idris Bitlisi (c. 18 January 1457 – 15 November 1520), sometimes spelled Idris Bidlisi, Idris-i Bitlisi, or Idris-i Bidlisi ("Idris of Bitlis"), and fully Mevlana Hakimeddin İdris Mevlana Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi, was an Ottoman Kurdish religious scholar and administrator.

Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi (Persian: شیخ عبدالحق محدث دهلوی) was an Islamic scholar.

Sharaf al-Din Khan b. Shams al-Din b. Sharaf Beg Bedlisi (Kurdish: شەرەفخانی بەدلیسی, Şerefxanê Bedlîsî; Persian: شرف‌الدین خان بن شمس‌الدین بن شرف بیگ بدلیسی; 25 February 1543 – c.) was a Kurdish Emir of Bitlis. He was also a historian, writer and poet. He wrote exclusively in Persian. Born in the Qara Rud village, in central Iran, between Arak and Qom, at a young age he was sent to the Safavids' court and obtained his education there.

Khurshah ibn Qubad (Persian: خورشاه بن قباد, Ḵoršāh ebn Qobād; died July 1565) was a Hyderabad-based diplomat and historian of Iranian ancestry. He is principally known for his Persian-language universal history, the Tarikh-e Ilchi, dedicated to his suzerain, the Qutb Shahi ruler Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali (r. 1550–1580).

Mosleh al-Din Lari (also spelled Muslih; c.- April–May 1572), was a Persian scholar and historian. A native of Lar, Lari was a Sunnite born in early 16th-century Safavid Iran. As a result of Safavid persecution of Sunnis, he sought refuge at the Mughal court where he was received with respect by Emperor Humayun, who also became Lari's student. Following his patron's death, he moved to the Ottoman Empire, where he was offered a prestigious professorship in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). Lari declined the offer, which resulted in a break of relations with the Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām, Ebussuud Effendi. He then settled down in Amed (present-day Diyarbakır), where he was appointed professor of the Hüsrev Pasha madrasa by the local Ottoman governor, and became tutor to the governor's children. An author of numerous annotations and commentaries, Lari's best-known work is the Mer'ât-al-advâr va merqât-al-akhbâr, a universal history written in Persian which he dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Selim II upon his accession to the throne.

Muḥammad Arshād (Bengali: মাওলানা মুহাম্মদ আরশাদ, Persian: مولانا محمد ارشاد‎), was a late 16th-century Bengali Muslim author who wrote in the Persian language. He was a prominent Mawlana that resided in Baniachong. Arshad wrote the Persian book Zaraul Musannif - which made him one of the earliest authors in the Sylhet region.

Syed Shah Isra'il (Bengali: সৈয়দ শাহ ইসরাইল, Persian: سید شاه اسرائیل‎), also known as Shah Bondegi (Bengali: শাহ বন্দেগী, Persian: شاه بندگی‎), was a 16th-century Persian language writer from Bengal. He is celebrated as a renowned medieval author of the Sylhet region.