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.
The Arabic poetic form hija (satirical poetry) was introduced after the Islamic conquest of Persia. The Greek dramatic genre comedy was also later introduced into the medieval Islamic world following the translation of Aristotle's Poetics into Arabic, where it was further developed by Persian Islamic philosophers such as Al-Farabi and Avicenna.