Introduction, revision and analysis of “Tohfatulvozara”manuscriptAli BastamiShahroudi “Mosannefak”

“Tohfatulvozara” (a souvenir to ministers) or “Tohfatulmahmoudieh” was authored by Sheikh Ali BastamiShahroudi, better known as “Mosannefak”, a Persian writer of the Ottoman Court in the ninth century of the Lunar Hegira. None of the works of this author has been investigated so far. “Tohfatulvozara” was written at the request of Mahmoud Pasha at the time of Sultan Mohammad Fateh (the Conqueror). The author resided in Aderne at that time and was considered as one of the important learned men of the Mohammad Fateh’s Court. The book was written in ten chapters some of which included different sections. The book may be categorized among the political advice books in terms of content and themes in which the author tried to approximate the methods of government to the Sharia Commands. The author sought help from Verses of the Holy Quran, Traditions, Narrations and poetry of the Persian and Arab men of letters in order to make his work credible and variate its content. The present article tries to introduce the author and his works and to analyze “Tohfatulvozara” and its content in an effort to unveil one of the Persian authors of Anatolia.