Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 6، September 2025 ، issue Number 112

The fourth paradise from the history of the eight paradises by Idris Badlisi from the perspective of literary stylistics

Zinat Sadat Hosseini , Seyedeh Roqiyeh Alavi (Author in Charge), Mehri Pakzad

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The first story written in Persian in the Ottoman Empire is called Eight Paradise, which Badlisi dedicated to the lives of eight kings of the Ottoman dynasty. This article checked the fourth paradise from this work to determine the style Badlisi followed in writing the History of the Eight Paradises and the extent to which he adhered to the style of the time or innovated.

METHODOLOGY: This article checked the Fourth Paradise from the Eight Paradises in a descriptive-analytical manner from the perspective of stylistics on three levels: linguistic, literary and intellectual, presenting it in its entirety. The content and information are unadulterated and new in every respect, as the Fourth Paradise has been preserved in manuscript form to this day and no corrections have been made to it.

FINDINGS: The Fourth Paradise is dedicated to the era of Sultan Yıldırım Bayezid. Badlisi did not name his sources and documents and called each paradise an inscription. The fourth inscription contains sixteen stories. In fact, the life and deeds of Yıldırım Bayazid are narrated in sixteen parts, and Badlisi calls each of these parts a story. The prose of the Eight Paradises and consequently the Fourth Behesht is difficult, technical and artificial prose. The boring and coherent prose makes it difficult to understand the text. The predominant devices in this work are: alliteration, allusion, ensuring poetry in prose, simile and metaphor. Badlisi usually praises the king"s deeds or attributes them to the influence of fate or the minister"s influence on the king, and sometimes he remains silent.

CONCLUSION: The Fourth Paradise as a historical source narrates a report from the era of Yıldırım Bayazid. Compared to the three previous Paradises, the artificial and elaborate prose of Idris is still solid and unified and decorated with verses, order, Persian and Arabic poetry and abandoned Arabic words.

Keyword
Badlisi , Eight Paradises , Fourth Paradise , style.

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