Rudaki


Abdullah Jafar Ibn Mohammad Rudaki (Tajik Абӯабдуллоҳ Ҷафар Ибн Муҳаммад Рӯдакӣ, Persian ابوعبدالله جعفربن محمدبن حکیم‌بن عبدالرحمن‌بن آدم رودکی), also written as Rudagi or Rudhagi, (859-c.941) was a Persian (Tājīk) poet, and the first great literary genius of modern Persian language, who composed poems in the "New Persian" Perso-Arabic alphabet script.