Abu Zura'ah al-Mu'ammari al-Jurjani () was a poet of the

Samanid The Samanid Empire ( fa, سامانیان, Sāmāniyān) also known as the Samanian Empire, Samanid dynasty, Samanid amirate, or simply as the Samanids) was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, of Iranian dehqan origin. The empire was centred in Kho ...

era, who is only known from the writings of the historian

Awfi Sadīd ud-Dīn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad 'Aufī Bukhārī (1171-1242) ( fa, سدید الدین محمد عوفی), also known under the laqab Nour ud-Dīn, was a Persian historian, philologist, and author. Biography Born in Bukhara, Aufi claimed des ...

(died 1242). In the text, an unnamed

amir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

Khurasan Greater Khorāsān,Dabeersiaghi, Commentary on Safarnâma-e Nâsir Khusraw, 6th Ed. Tehran, Zavvâr: 1375 (Solar Hijri Calendar) 235–236 or Khorāsān ( pal, Xwarāsān; fa, خراسان ), is a historical eastern region in the Iranian Plate ...

asks Abu Zura'ah if he is able to write poems on the level of

Rudaki Rudaki (also spelled Rodaki; fa, رودکی; 858 – 940/41) was a Persian poet, singer and musician, who served as a court poet under the Samanids. He is regarded as the first major poet to write in New Persian. Said to have composed more than ...

. He subsequently composed three verses, declaring his superiority over Rudaki.

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* {{cite book , title = Persian Literature - A Bio-Bibliographical Survey: Poetry of the Pre-Mongol Period (Volume V) , year = 2004 , publisher = Routledge , last = de Blois , first = Francois , authorlink = , isbn = 978-0947593476 Samanid-period poets Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown