16th-century Persian-language writers

Grand vizier of Mughal emperor Akbar from 1579 to 1602

Mughal princess

Ottoman historian, jurist and poet (1469–1534)

Kurdish-Turkmen noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

Iranian historian

Firishta or Ferešte (), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi (), 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 between 1611 and 1623.

Ottomon civil servant

Persian poet

scientist

Iranian Shia Grand Ayatollah (c. 1500–1585)

16th-century traveler and writer

Iranian poet

Islamic scholar

16th-century Iranian scribe and historian

Turkish dervish

Iranian poet

Iranian historian