The Reflection of an Old Assistant's Types and Samples in Saeb Tabrizi's Poetry

Mystical poetry has a long history in the Persian literature. Poets and writers in order to make their work eternal have made use of this genre in the Persian literature. Mystical contents and concepts of knowledge have combined with Persian rhythmic words to express aesthetically the intended meaning of poets and this process still has continued to the present time. The most important element in the mysticism is the existence of an old assistant who helps the wayfarer. different types of old assistants have been mentioned in Saeb’s Divan such as Pire Moghan, Pire Meykadeh , Pire Kharabat, Pire Meyforoosh, etc. by studying these types of old assistants, we can understand the attitude of Saeb towards mysticism and different stages of it. Whether these old assistants to be made-up by Saeb himself or an real old assistant in the real world, we can investigate them to understand better the relationship between Saeb’s poetry and mysticism. The present paper is used the analytical- descriptive method to distinguish different types of old assistants in Saeb’s poetry and study their characteristics from Saeb’s point of view. Studying the attributes of old assistants could be an innovative way in the field of research in the Persian literature.