Anvari’s Versified Faryâdnâmeh (Relief Request)

At the time of Ghuzz Turk invasion and captivity of Seljuk Sultan Sanjar (reigning 511-552 a. h.) in their hands, Anvari, Iranian famous odist in sixth century (a. h.), after becoming aware of the unsettlments in Khorasan, wrote a long ode referring to Sultan Rukn ad-Din Kilij Tamghach Khan, ruler of Samarkand, asking him to send an army to Khorasan and relieve them from the Ghuzz tyranny. Based on the evidence provided in this article, this ode, which is so different from Anvari’s other eulogist odes, which makes it one of his most famous odes, is written based on the pattern or pretext of prose relief request letters (Faryâdnâmeh) and it is written in the form of a versified letter.