The Arabic poetic genre of hija (satirical poetry) was introduced after the Islamic conquest of Persia. The Greek dramatic genre of comedy was also later introduced after Aristotle's Poetics was translated into Arabic in the medieval Islamic world, where it was elaborated upon by Islamic philosophers from Persia, such as Al-Farabi and Avicenna.
After the Islamic conquest of Persia, hija (satirical poetry) became an Arabic poetic genre. Similarly, comedy from Greek drama was introduced to the medieval Islamic world through the translation of Aristotle's Poetics into Arabic, which then saw elaboration by Persian Islamic philosophers like Al-Farabi and Avicenna.