Rudaki

Poet, Author

0858 –

92

Who is Rudaki?

Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki, also written as Rudagi, was a Persian poet, and is regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian, who composed poems in the "New Persian" alphabet. Rudaki is considered as a founder of Persian classical literature. His poetry contains many of the oldest genres of Persian poetry including the quatrain. Only a small percentage of his extensive poetry has survived.

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Born
0858
Rudaki, Tajikistan
Also known as
  • Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki
Ethnicity
  • Tajik people
Nationality
  • Tajikistan
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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