Rudaki

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

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

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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 Empire
surface form: Samanid court
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Persian
fullName Rudaki self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki
genre ghazal
panegyric poetry
qasida
givenName Jaʿfar
surface form: Ja'far
influenced development of New Persian literary tradition
later Persian poets
kunya Abu Abd Allah
languageOfWorkOrName Western Persian
surface form: New Persian

Persian language
surface form: Persian
movement classical Persian literature
name Rudaki self-link
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
Jahiliyyah poetry
surface form: Qasidas (odes)

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

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

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Nasr II patronized Rudaki
Rudaki name Rudaki self-link
Rudaki fullName Rudaki self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki