Amīr Ḥusaynī Haravī and Khayyām
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2025.77761
Abstract
Amīr Ḥusaynī Haravī, a poet and Ṣūfī from Khurāsān (d. 718/1318), is known for works such as Nuzhat al-Arwāḥ and his mystical mathnavīs. He is the same figure whose poetic questions to Shaykh Maḥmūd Shabistarī inspired the composition of Gulshan-e Rāz. His dīvān, which survives in extremely rare copies, contains qaṣīdas, ghazals, qiṭ‛as, and rubā‛īyāt. In one of his rubā‛īyāt, he criticizes Khayyām, and in several others, he responds to quatrains attributed to the famous philosopher-poet. His critique follows the Sufi tradition of figures such as Najm Rāzī and Shams Tabrīzī. In his treatise Nuzhat al-Arwāḥ, he also cites several quatrains attributed to Khayyām—though without naming him. This article examines Amīr Ḥusaynī’s rubāʿīyāt criticizing Khayyām, as well as the Khayyām-like verses in Nuzhat al-Arwāḥ.
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