Abstract. This article focuses on the scientific information about poets and their work in examples of tazkira in Turkish, Persian and Arabic literature. The opinions of tazkiranavis such as Saolibi, Avfiy, Farididdin Attar, Jami, Alisher Navoi, Davlatshah Samarkandi about penmen and poetry are analyzed. "Majolis un-nafois" work is in the center of analysis and is compared with other tazkiras.