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Ubayd Zakani

1301 - 1371

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Khwajeh Nizam al-Din Ubayd Allah al-Zakani (Persian: خواجه نظام الدین عبید الله الزاکانی, romanized: Ḵwājeh Niẓām al-Dīn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Zākānī; d. 1370), better known as Ubayd Zakani (Persian: عبید زاکانی, romanized: ʿUbayd-I Zākānī), was a Persian poet of the Mongol era, regarded as one of the best satirists in Persian literature. His most famous work is Mush-o Gorbeh ("Mouse and Cat"), a political satire which attacks religious hypocrisy. Although a highly popular figure in his own time, Ubayd's work received little attention from modern scholars until recently, due to provocative and bawdy texts in the majority of his works. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ubayd Zakani is the 2,891st most popular writer (down from 2,602nd in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Iran (down from 255th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ubayd Zakani ranks 2,891 out of 7,302. Before him are Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Andrei Sinyavsky, Frans G. Bengtsson, Solomon Perel, Petr Chelčický, and Bernard Werber. After him are Robert Garnier, Jean-François de La Harpe, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Edward Bunker, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Ahron Daum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1301, Ubayd Zakani ranks 13. Before him are Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver, Ni Zan, Andrew Corsini, Prince Morikuni, Nitta Yoshisada, and Simone Boccanegra. After him are Muhammad Shah of Brunei, Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, Carlo I Tocco, Andronikos Asen, Irene Gattilusio, and Tughluq Khan. Among people deceased in 1371, Ubayd Zakani ranks 7. Before him are David II of Scotland, Stefan Uroš V, Jeanne d'Évreux, Vukašin of Serbia, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, and Simeon Uroš. After him are Uglješa Mrnjavčević, and Adelaide of Hesse.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ubayd Zakani ranks 271 out of 631. Before him are Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Arash (1977), Kader Abdolah (1954), and Ahmad Jannati (1927). After him are Maryam Rajavi (1953), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Jafar Khan (1800), and Mehdi Karroubi (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ubayd Zakani ranks 31. Before him are Daqiqi (1000), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Táhirih (1817), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Kader Abdolah (1954). After him are Raffi (1835), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Samad Behrangi (1939), and Nima Yooshij (1897).

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