On Jan. 25, 2024, 10:22 p.m. hamed:
Medieval Persian literature: This is the period of the flourishing of New Persian literature, which began after the Arab conquest of Iran and the adoption of the Arabic script and many Arabic loanwords. This period saw the emergence of various genres, such as epic, lyric, mystical, didactic, and romantic poetry, as well as prose works, such as histories, biographies, travelogues, and literary criticism. Some of the most famous poets and writers of this period are Ferdowsi, the author of the Shahnameh, the epic of Persian kings and heroes, Rumi, the founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufism and the author of the Masnavi and the Divan, Hafez, the master of the ghazal, or lyrical poem, Saadi, the author of the Bustan and the Gulistan, moral and ethical treatises, Nizami, the author of the Khamseh, or the Quintet, a series of five romantic and heroic poems, Omar Khayyam, the mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and the author of the rubaiyat, and Attar, author of the Manteq al-Tayr.