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Rudaki

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Also known as Abu Abdallah Rudaki, Rūdakī

Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; ; – 940/41) was a poet, singer, and musician who is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. A court poet under the Samanids, he reportedly composed more than 180,000 verses, yet only a small portion of his work has survived, most notably parts of his versification of the Kalila wa-Dimna, a collection of Indian fables.

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Rudaki, also known by the pseudonym رودکی, was a male poet and writer from the Samanid Empire. He lived from 859 to 941 and wrote in Persian. His literary output included works in the Ruba'i, Qasida, and ghazal genres. Rudaki suffered from blindness during his life.

Sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition describe his contributions. Open Library lists his author name as Rūdakī, with a birth date of c. 858 and death in 940/41. His works include "Jewish Travel Guide," "Лирика. Из персидско-таджикской поэзии," "Devoni Rūdakī," "Versoj," and "Sheʺri Rūdaki." While one source counts five works, another lists fourteen.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
c. 858
Died
940/41
Works
14

Top works

  • Jewish Travel Guide, 1992
  • Лирика. Из персидско-таджикской поэзии
  • Devoni Rūdakī
  • Versoj
  • Sheʺri Rūdaki

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands

Discography

Official siteStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,428
Total plays
13,516

Abū 'Abd Allāh Ja'far ibn Muḥammad Rūdakī (Persian: ابوعبدالله جعفر بن محمد رودکی; born c. 859, Rudaki, Khorasan – died 940/941), better known as Rudaki (رودکی), and also known as "Adam of Poets" (آدم‌الشعرا), was a Persian poet regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian language. Rudaki composed poems in the‌ modern Persian alphabet and is considered a founder of classical Persian literature. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rudaki">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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  5. Mass Balance of Glacier №139 in the Eastern Pamir’s Lake Karakul Basin

    · 2022 · cited 2x

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Key facts

Writer.name
Rudaki
Writer.image
Miniature of Rudaki by Hossein Behzad.jpg
Writer.caption
Illustration of Rudaki by Hossein Behzad, dated 1958
Writer.birth_place
Banoj, Samanid Empire
Writer.death_date
940/41 (aged 82 or 83)
Writer.death_place
Banoj, Samanid Empire

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Background
  • Career
  • Works
  • Legacy and assessment
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading

Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; ; – 940/41) was a poet, singer, and musician who is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. A court poet under the Samanids, he reportedly composed more than 180,000 verses, yet only a small portion of his work has survived, most notably parts of his versification of the Kalila wa-Dimna, a collection of Indian fables.

Born in the village of Banoj (located in the present-day Rudak area), the most important part of Rudaki's career was spent at the court of the Samanids. While biographical information connects him to the Samanid amir (ruler) Nasr II (), he may have already joined the court under the latter's predecessor, Ahmad Samani ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rudaki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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