Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 16، number In Volume 2، May 2023 ، issue Number 84

The influence of selected poems on the style of historiography in the two books of Tarikh ol-Jaytu and Ehya al-Moluk

Samira Samzadeh , Dariush Kazemi (Author in Charge), Mohammad Hojjat

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The use of Persian poetry in Iranian historiography has a thousand-year history. Most Iranian historians have been familiar with literary techniques, and it has been customary for historians to use poetry while dealing with historical events and recording events related to the kings and rulers of the region, in order to embellish words or express literary knowledge. Also, writing poems by the author himself and using the poems of other poets with narrative, descriptive and moral functions and in some cases recording the material-history is also seen in this. Therefore, in this research, the function of the poems used in two historical works "Tarikh ol-Jaytu" from the Mughal period and "Ehya al-Moluk" from the Safavid period is investigated in order to discover the personal style of these authors and the frequency of the mentioned functions in their works.

METHODOLOGY: This research was done in a descriptive-analytical way using library studies.

FINDINGS: By examining both historical works, it was found that in the history of ol-Jayto, the historian"s preference was to use narrative poems with a religious approach and fragment format. In Ehya al-Moluk, the historian prefers descriptive poems with a religious and mystical approach. The author of Ahya al-Muluk has preferred the Masnavi format over other poetic formats.

CONCLUSION: The results of this research indicate that in most cases, Kashani considered the contextual similarity of the selected poem with the incident or event mentioned in the text. This choice indicates the author"s aristocracy on Iranian verse literature. The author of Ehya al-Maluk has also tried to introduce the poets of his ancestral land (Sistan) by choosing their poems. The common feature of both works is the high frequency of using Hakim Ferdowsi Tosi"s poems, which can express the authors" interest in the epic atmosphere of the Shahnameh and the induction of the similarities between the desired Mamdoh and the heroes of the Shahnameh.

Keyword
Stylistics , The history of al-Jayto , Ehya al-Moluk , The function of poetry.

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