Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 13، number In Volume 8، November 2020 ، issue Number 54

Stylistic study of the manuscript version of "Gharaeb-o-Alasrar" by "Khandamir"

Sotoodeh Emami , Ahmad Hasani Ranjbar Hormozabadi (Author in Charge), Ali Asghar Halabi

Abstract

The literary analysis of manuscript Gharayeb-ol-Asrar by Ghyasuddin Khandmir, the grand child of Mirkhand, author of Rawzat-ol-Safa.

He was one of the most famous historians and author of the end of Timurid and beginning of Safavid period. 10th century.

The manuscript is about the odd tales of human begins, happenings, places and natural surroundings i.e., cities, seas, rivers, islands, mountains, springs, water wells and is about behavioral patterns of human nature, super natural creatures, jinns, birds and animals of the colorful world.

Most of the descriptions and tales use actual referrals from other books or documents. According to the index of manuscripts of Islamic republic of Iran’s parliament, only 3 copies of the manuscripts exist in Iran, that are mentioned in the essay. No critical or correctional analysis of the book has ever been recovered.

The style of the writing, with the exception of the beginning is refined and pure verse. Although the author has not intended to use artful techniques of writing, the verse is not so easy to understand and in some parts poetry is also used, particularly in the beginning.

The book is dedicated to Moein al Saltaneh Abolnasr Sultan Badiozzaman Mirza by the author.

The main objective of this research is method analysis of literary, lexical, syntactical and philosophical levels of Gharayeb-ol-Asrar.

Keyword
Manuscript , Khandmir , Gharayeb-ol-Asrar , literary and stylistic featur , Literary feature

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