Ubeyd-i Zâkânî

The importance of ubeyd-i zâkânî, who contributed numerous powerful works of satire to persian literature in the 14th century, has been somewhat overlooked in his native land perhaps due to the rude style he employed in works which not only challenged religious conventions and superstitions but also made obscene propositions. the british orientalist e.g. browne, the author of the monumental “history of persian literature”, characterized ubeyd as “perhaps the most remarkable parodist and satirical writer produced by persia.” ubeyd’s best work is “the mouse and the cat” which makes no use of scurrilous vocabulary.