Edward Granville Browne
Ubayd is regarded as one of the best satirists in Persian literature. He has been compared to the French Enlightenment writer Voltaire (d. 1778). According to the British orientalist Edward Granville Browne, Ubayd was "perhaps the most remarkable parodist and satirical writer produced by Persia." Ubayd is along with Iraj Mirza (d. 1926) considered the most illustrious Iranian satirists.