ans h ah s ▁and ▁the ▁el ite ▁of ▁Sh ir van . ▁He ▁also ▁received ▁patron age ▁from ▁the ▁Pad us pan id ▁r uler ▁Kay umar th ▁I ▁( ca . ▁ 1 4 0 0 – 1 4 5 3 ), ▁the ▁K ara ▁Ko y un lu ▁r uler ▁Jah an ▁Shah ▁( 1 4 3 4 – 1 4 6 7 ), ▁and ▁the ▁Tim ur id ▁r uler ▁Shah ▁R uk h ▁( 1 4 0 9 – 1 4 4 7 ), ▁and ▁thus ▁wrote ▁po ems ▁for ▁all ▁three ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Though ▁B adr ▁may ▁have ▁travel led ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁present ▁these ▁po ems ▁to ▁Kay umar th , ▁Jah an ▁Shah ▁and ▁Shah ▁R uk h ▁in ▁person , ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁live ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁Sh ir van . ▁According ▁to ▁Daw lat sh ā h ▁Sam ar q and ī , ▁B adr ▁met ▁Kat ib i ▁N ish ap uri ▁" when ▁the ▁latter ▁visited ▁Sh ir van ". ▁Through out ▁his ▁work , ▁B adr ▁compared ▁himself ▁on ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁occasion ▁to ▁K ha q ani , ▁who ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁Sh ir v ans h ah ▁court ▁some ▁two ▁centuries ▁earlier , ▁and ▁like ▁him , ▁wrote ▁many ▁works ▁filled ▁with ▁pan egy ric ▁text . ▁The ▁works ▁of ▁K ha q ani ▁and ▁B adr ▁Sh ir v ani ▁differ ▁quite ▁significantly ▁however . ▁K ha q ani ' s ▁poetry ▁is