Persian satire

Persian satire

Persian satire refers to satires in Persian language.

History of Persian satire

Ancient Persian satire

Perhaps the most notable Persian satirist of Ancient times is Obeid e Zakani (d. 1370 AD). His work is noted for its satire and obscene verses, often political or bawdy, and often cited in debates involving homosexual practices. He wrote the "Resaleh-ye Delgosha", as well as "Akhlaq al-Ashraf" ("Ethics of the Aristocracy") and the famous humorous fable "Masnavi Mush-O-Gorbeh" (Mouse and Cat), which was a political satire. His non-satirical serious classical verses have also been regarded as very well written, in league with the other great works of Persian literature.

Persian satire and constitutionalism

Persian Constitutional Revolution coincided with the emergence of numerous legendary satirist and literary figures as Iraj Mirza, Ali Akbar Dehkhoda and Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi. Most satirists wrote their works in the form of poetry. Apart from Persian satire, Azeri satire had a strong presence during the revolution. Legendary Iranian-Azerbaijani satirist, Jalil Mohammad Gholizadeh published his famous "Molla Nasreddin" weekly magazine in Tabriz during this period. He published the first very first cartoons in the history of Iranian cartoon art.

Contemporary Persian satire

During late 20th century, Tofigh and Gol-agha magazines contributed significantly to Persian satire and Persian political satire in Iran. At the turn of the millennium, Persian Satire underwent a revolution by the works of Ebrahim Nabavi in Jame-eh daily. He offered a novel form of Persian satire in his work entitled "Sotoon e panjom".

The emergence and development of satire in Afghanistan is closely connected with political history. Mahmud Tarzi, Abdul Sabur Ghafory, Muhamad Yusof, Shaeq Jamal were perhaps the most notable satirist during the period of 1873-1965. The period from 1965 till 1978 was the most productive period and different types of satire emerged and flourished in Afghanistan. In addition, an even larger number of the same kind of work was imported from Iran. [ [http://cssaame.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/25/2/466 Satire in Modern Afghanistan] ]

Further reading

*Hasan Javadi, "Satire in Persian Literature." ISBN 0-8386-3260-2

References

See also

*Persian literature
*Iranian stand-up comedy
*Nasreddin

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/worldnews/story/2006/07/060721_mv-constitution-en-satirists.shtml Satire and Persian constitutional revolution] (BBC Persian)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/10/061031_pm-cy-satire-sadr.shtml A review of Satire in post-revolutoin Iran] (BBC Persian)


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