Shah Muhammad Sagir was a poet of the 14/15th century, during the reign of the
Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. He was born to a
Fakir family in
Chittagong, the then cultural capital of
Arakan. His best-known work is
Yusuf-Zulekha, which contains laudatory verses dedicated to
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah. He was the court poet of
Azam Shah and wrote the volume at his request. Although it has praise for the parents and teachers of the poet, it does not mention their names or residence. Shah Muhammad Sagir is considered to be the first writer to introduce
Perso-
Arabic vocabulary into
Bengali poetry. ==His works==