Obayd Zakani's mock ethics and satirical definitions
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 92). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Spread only
Date or witness: 14th century CE; author died c.1370
Region: Iran, especially Shiraz
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1300 CE to 1370 CE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
Parodies turn respectable ethical instruction and dictionary definitions into jokes about social hypocrisy and professional pretension.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
Obayd's satirical definitions and mock ethics adapt recognizable learned genres.
What remains uncertain
Satire aimed at social hypocrisy does not automatically indicate grassroots authorship or reception; the documented setting remains literary.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria