Abu Abdollah Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki, also written as Rudagi (858 - ca.

941), is a Persian poet, and is regarded as the first great literary genius of the Modern Persian, who composes poems in the "New Persian" alphabet.

Rudaki is considered as a founder of Persian classical literature.

His poetry contains many of the oldest genres of Persian poetry including the quatrain.

Only a small percentage of his extensive poetry has survived.