Epic Knowledge and Wisdom

Jangnameh of Khavanin Kohgiluyeh by Akhund Mulla Nazar Ali, an imitation of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Introduction and Criticism)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Seyyed Ali Seraj 1
ُSeyyed Ebrahim Raigani 2
Hossein Rahad 3

1 associate professor in Persian language and literature, Neyshabur university of Iran.

2 associate professor in archaeology, Neyshabur university of Iran

3 PhD. Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

10.22067/jmels.2025.92690.1044
Abstract
The context of the geographical location of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province is based on tribal relations. In this province, the head of each tribe is addressed with the title of "Kay". Due to the privileged position that Ferdowsi's Shahnameh has had among the people of this land, the pattern of behavior, tribal and class relations has been adjusted based on the stories of the Shahnameh and various works in poetry and prose have emerged in this field. The epic work "Jang-nama Khavanin Kohgiluyeh" is a poem by Mullah Nazar Ali, following Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, about the type of thinking of the people of that time, the policy of the ruling system, the economic situation, the type of taxes, the way the rulers were chosen. The manuscript of this war letter was written in the years 1318 to 1323 AH by Mohammad Ibrahim Akhund Mulla Nazar Ali. The importance of this war letter can be traced to the influence of meter, the epic style of the Shahnameh, the use of the structure of the stories of the Shahnameh in the narration of local wars, and the use of local vocabulary. In addition to the literary and narrative values of the work, the problems of rhythm and rhyme, grammatical errors, weakness of authorship and mistakes in the structure of words, have reduced the eloquence and expressiveness and consequently the beauty of the words.

Keywords

Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
The War Letter Khavanin -e- Kohgiluyeh
Akhund Mulla Nazar Ali
Introduction and Criticism

  • Receive Date 07 September 2024
  • Revise Date 11 October 2024
  • Accept Date 19 December 2024
  • First Publish Date 09 January 2025
  • Publish Date 09 January 2025

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