Rudaki

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Rudaki was a pioneering 10th-century Persian poet often regarded as the father of New Persian literature.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rudaki canonical 3
Abu Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century poet
Persian poet
person
poet
birthPlace Rudak
Transoxiana
near Samarqand
countryOfCitizenship Samanid Empire
courtPoetOf Nasr II of the Samanid dynasty
culture Persian literature
deathPlace Rudak
near Samarqand
describedAs father of New Persian literature
pioneer of New Persian poetry
employer Samanid court
linked to: Samanid Empire
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persian
fullName Abu Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki
linked to: Rudaki
genre ghazal
panegyric poetry
qasida
givenName Ja'far
linked to: Jaʿfar
influenced development of New Persian literary tradition
later Persian poets
kunya Abu Abd Allah
languageOfWorkOrName New Persian
linked to: Western Persian

Persian
linked to: Persian language
movement classical Persian literature
name Rudaki
notableFor early use of New Persian as a literary language
helping establish the canon of classical Persian poetry
notableWork Ghazals (lyric poems)
Panegyrics for the Samanid court
Qasidas (odes)
linked to: Jahiliyyah poetry

Versification of Kalila wa Dimna (now mostly lost)
linked to: Kalila wa Dimna
occupation poet
patron Samanid rulers
linked to: Samanid Empire
region Greater Khorasan
linked to: Khorasan

Transoxiana
religion Islam
residence Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan
style court poetry
didactic poetry
lyric poetry
timePeriod 10th century
Samanid era
linked to: Samanid Empire
workLocation Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Nasr II patronized Rudaki
Rudaki name Rudaki
Rudaki fullName Abu Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki
linked to: Rudaki