Rudaki
Abu Abdullah Jafar ibn Mohammad ibn Hakim ibn Abdurrahman ibn Adam Rudaki Samarghandi (859 - c. 941) (Persian: ابوعبدالله جعفربن محمد بن حکیم بن عبدالرحمن بن آدم رودکی سمرقندی) or Rudaki was a Persian poet. He was born in Panjakent, Tajikistan and lived in Samarghand. Rudaki translated the old Indian fable book Panchatantra into Persian verse. His poems are collected in diwan.
Reference
- Cedar of Samarkand(Rudaki Continuous Poems Description),Poopak Niktalab , Printed 2020 , Faradid Publishing
Rudaki Media
Rudaki's tomb at Panjrud near Panjakent, Tajikistan
Rudaki's poetry in a Persian manuscript created in Qajar Iran, dated January/February 1866
Stamp celebrating the 1100 anniversary of Rudaki's birthday, issued by Pahlavi Iran in 1942
Stamp celebrating the 1100 anniversary of Rudaki's birthday, issued by the Soviet Union in 1958
Stamp of Rudaki, issued by Tajikistan in 2008