Persian poet
858 CE to 941 CE
Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki, also written as Rudagi (858 - ca.
941), is a Persian poet, and is regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian, who composes 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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