Iraj, the Poet of Love and Humour

Journal article

Iraj was a leading poet of the late Qajar era, a major poet in the whole history of Persian poetry and by far the greatest of the poets who descended from Fath'ali Shah. Two things in particular distinguish Iraj's poetry: eloquence and humor. It is difficult to describe him as a satirist in the strict sense of this term since satire in his works is normally incidental and a natural result of his unique humor when writing about most subjects. His best works are Aref-Nameh, Enqelab-e Adabi and Zohreh o Manuchehr, although there is hardly any piece by him which is less than delightful, especially those which he wrote during the Constitutional era.

Authors: Katouzian, H

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Routledge
• Journal: Iranian Studies
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 529-544
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• Edition: Author's Original
• DOI: 10.1080/00210860701476544
• EISSN: 1475-4819
• ISSN: 0021-0862
• Language: English
• Subjects: Satirical literature in early twentieth century; Iran