It was during this time that he composed a long ode ("Qasideh" in Persian) and sent it to Mozzafar-al-Din Shah who became so deeply impressed by this ode that he immediately appointed Bahār as his Poet Laureate and by Royal Decree conferred on him, at the age of 19 (1903), the title of "Malek o-Sho'arā" at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashad.