The Emergence of City-Satirizing in Samanid and Ghaznavid Eras

Centering on personal, political, and religious issues, satirizing has existed since the Ignorance Era up to Samanid and Ghaznavid eras. Many Arab poets, such as Hati’eh, Farazdaq, A’sha, Jarir, Ebn Rumi, etc. have had satires on these topics. Persian poetry has also had satires on these topics. Some odes that describe and elegize cities have remained from the 0mavid and Abbassid eras. Satirizing cities was first seen in an in dependent way in special poems by Samanid and Ghaznavid poets. Iranian poets have satirized many cities in Persian and Arabic. Some Persian satires caused their composers some problems, known as “Shahr Ashoob” (mischief –maker).