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Rudaki: The “Father of Persian Poetry” and the Samanid Renaissance

In the milieu of 9th‑ and 10th‑century Greater Iran, a cultural flowering known as the Samanid Renaissance laid the groundwork for the classical Persian literary tradition. At its heart stood Abu Abd Allah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad Rudaki (c. 858–940 CE), a poet whose mastery of New Persian verse earned him the title “Father…