Persian Quatrains in Five Ancient Manuscripts
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2023.75187
Abstract
One of the valuable sources of ancient Persian poetry is the notes written by the owners of handwritten manuscripts on the first and last blank pages, the intervals between chapters, and the margins of manuscript pages. The older the manuscripts and the more ancient the recording of these notes, the more valuable they become. In this article, 57 quatrains from five ancient manuscripts are extracted and presented with necessary explanations. These quatrains are attributed to poets such as Khayyām, Mahastī Ganjavī, Owḥaddīn Kirmānī, Kamāl Esmāīl Isfahani, and others. Some quatrains are without a specified author. Two quatrains in these sources are translations of Arabic verses, or vice versa, and are of considerable importance and reference from the perspective of comparative literature.
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