, ▁; ▁sometimes ▁Roman ized ▁Sh ir w ani ; ▁ 1 3 8 7 – 1 4 5 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Pers ian ▁poet . ▁He ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁at ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ir v ans h ah s , ▁but ▁received ▁patron age ▁from ▁other ▁r ul ers ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁B adr ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁H aj ji ▁Sh ams ▁al - D in , ▁an ▁" app ar ently ▁wealth y " ▁figure . ▁B adr ' s ▁father ▁paid ▁little ▁attention ▁to ▁him ▁after ▁his ▁mother ▁died . ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁his ▁education ; ▁according ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁writ ings , ▁B adr ▁" was ▁pre co cious ▁and ▁began ▁writing ▁poetry ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten ▁or ▁eleven ". ▁Most ▁information ▁about ▁B adr ' s ▁life ▁st ems ▁from ▁his ▁own ▁works . ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁B adr ' s ▁div an ▁consists ▁of ▁" pan egy ric ▁od es " ▁( q as idas ). ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁" odes " ▁are ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁r uling ▁Sh ir v ans h ah ▁dynast y ▁and ▁the ▁court , ▁in ▁particular ▁I bra him ▁I ▁( 1 3 7 8 – 1 4 1 8 ) ▁and ▁K hal il ▁I ▁( 1 4 1 8 – 1 4 6 3 ). ▁B adr ▁however , ▁did ▁not ▁dev ote ▁himself ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁writing ▁about ▁the ▁Sh ir v