فرزاد ضیایی حبیب آبادی

In recent years, the editing of classical texts has captivated many enthusiasts. However, like all endeavors, this task requires certain skills and qualifications that not everyone possesses. Consequently, many ancient texts presented today as "editions" are riddled with serious errors and contribute to cultural and intellectual losses. Among the recently published works is "The Divan of Mahmoud Bakrani" and "The Divan of Rukn Bakrani," which the editors have unfortunately filled with glaring and numerous errors. In this article, we highlight some of these numerous mistakes.

The intermingling of poets' compositions with each other may have a long history in literary tradition. Among them, the quatrain, which is the smallest poetic form, has been subject to wandering for several reasons more than other forms. In this article, we have conducted an inquiry into a quatrain that is attributed between the realm of the sage Omar Khayyam and Sadīd al-Dīn A’war (a poet and writer of the 7th century AH), and with the presentation of reasons and evidence, we have concluded that this quatrain most likely belongs to Sadīd al-Dīn A’war.

The more manuscripts are excavated from ancient texts, the newer rays in different fields will shine on the literary sciences and the clearer perspectives of the literary heritage of the past will appear in the eyes of researchers. Jawahar al-Khayal, the focus of this article, is a collection of more than 3,000 quatrains of 470 poets, many of whom are speakers of the Indian style, and some of whom have lived in India. This quatrain is very important in several ways; For example, he can show his brilliant face in literary studies related to the Indian subcontinent, such as the study of the development of quatrain in the Indian style, which has also been neglected. In the process of correcting the imaginary jewel, some abandoned words or new meanings that have disappeared from the cultures, as well as some poetic evidence for several less used words, were found, which will be discussed in this article.

Sultan Ahmad Jalayir (759-813 AH) is among the art-loving and art-supporting rulers who governed this land. Besides his patronage of great artists, he himself engaged in certain areas, notably his profound interest in poetry, resulting in a comprehensive divan spanning seven volumes. Examining this divan reveals Sultan Ahmad's familiarity with the works of other poets. One such poet is Sa’di, whom Sultan Ahmad extensively acknowledges in his verses, and the impact of this acknowledgment can be gleaned from Sultan's divan. In this article, we explore Sultan Ahmad Jalayir's influence from Sa’di.

Mohammad Sālih Raḍavī (living in 1104 A.H.) is the son of Mirzā Mohammad Bāqer Mutuwallī and the brother of Mir Sālih Taqiuddīn Mohammad Mutuwallī. Four collections of poems named Jawāhir al-Khiyāl, Daqāyiq al-Khiyāl, Ma'ārij al-Khiyāl (all three, including quatrains) and Laṭāif al-Khiyāl (chosen sonnets of Safavid era poets) have survived and are well-known. But Mohammad Sālih has another book that has not been counted as one of his works so far. The reason for this is that his name and description have been mixed up with Mirzā (Abu) Sālih Raḍavī Ṣadr al-Mamālīk (died: 1090 AH), who was the son of Mirzā Mohsen Nawāb Razavī and a daughter-in-law of Shah Abbas I, and was involved in the guardianship of Āstān Quds, and the Nawāb Sālih School and The prayer hall in holy Mashhad was built by his order. In this article, while pointing out the combination of the names and biographies of these two, we introduce the book " Wasīlat al-Shifā " by Mohammad Saleh Raḍavī and its manuscripts.

For many years, ancient Persian texts, which are among the most precious heritages of the past, are often printed in an improper way by those who are not qualified with the technic of editing, and the name "edition" is given to them. In this article, while listing some reasons for this, we have criticized one of these works. "Munisnāmīh", written by Abu Bakr bin Khusrow al-Ustād, is a text belonging to the 6th century AH, which has recently been printed in a very erroneous form. The editor of this book has misread, misrecorded, misunderstood and explained the text wrongly in many places.

Niẓāmī Ganjavī mentioned and described Isfahan in some of his works. In this article, we have examined the verses that mention Isfahan in those works and compared his descriptions of Isfahan with other sources. We have also raised the question of whether Niẓāmī had a specific intention with the way he addressed Isfahan; and if so, what could that mean?

"Mey-e Baqi",  a collection of articles about Hafez, is an abstract of Bahaudin Khorramshahi's works. In this article, we have reviewed this book and wherever we have not been in agreement with its author, we have expressed our opinion by reasons and evidence.

Mirzā Abū Sāliḥ Razavi is the son of Mirzā Muhsen Nawāb and the granddaughter of Shah Abbas I. Both he and his father were the custodians of Astan Quds Razavi. Also, Mirzā Abu Saleh was the founder of the school of Ṣālehiyeh and Muṣallā Porch in Mashhad. Mohammad Sāliḥ Razavi is the son of Mirzā Mohammad Bāqir Motavli and the brother of Mir Shāh Taqi al-Din Mohammad Motavli and the author of the works Laṭāif al-Khiyāl, Jawāhir al-Khiyāl, Daqāiq al-Khiyāl and Ma'ārij al-Khiyāl. The biographies of the two have long been intertwined and have led to errors in the introduction of the author of Jawāhir al-Khayal, Laṭāif al-Khayal, and Daqāiq al-Khayal. In this article, while examining the sources of this confusion, the truth of the matter is stated.

The book "The Story of Solomon" is a book written by Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf ibn Ali ibn ‘Umar Tabrīzī in the late 6th and early 7th lunar centuries. This book has recently been published, but unfortunately, many mistakes have been made in it, so many that the text has become totally useless. This disorder is, of course, the product of the incompetence of the editors of this book. The present article, which shows a few examples of the book's many problems, is a testament to this claim.

In the present paper, the author has made an attempt to review Mirkermāni’s Kolliyāt-e She’r (Complete works of Mirkermāni), published by Vahid Qanbary and Sokhan publishing house in 1397. Regarding this, he, first of all, provides some examples of the book text in order to point out misread parts. Following this, he talks about a number of wrongor suspicious recordings, and the repetition of the scribe’s mistakes, and…. Finally, he concludes this review by mentioning some of the problems in the annotations of the book.

The third book of the series of “Iranian Texts” compiled by Javād Bashary was published in 2012 by the Publication of Library, Museum and Document Center of Iran Parliament. This book is made up of two parts. The first part includes ten corrected texts. The second text of this part covers around one thousand couplets of Shams al-din (Jalāl al-din) Varkāni’s poems, the poet of 6th and 7th Century, which were corrected by Ismāiel Shamushaki. He has used two versions of Kholāse al-Ash’ār, one of which is in the possession of the Library of Islamic Parliament and the other one is held by the Central Library of Tehran University. The writer of the present article is going to talk about his views on the correction of Shams al-din (Jalāl aldin) Varkāni’s poems. Regarding this, he, providing some examples from the text, points out the scribe’s errors, or the corrector’s misreading and comparative corrections.

Kholāsa al-Ash’ār va Zobda al-Afkār (A Summary of the Poems and the Best Thoughts) is a collection of the most detailed and complete biographies of the Persian poets by Mirtaqi al-Din Kāshi. A part of this book is called Khāteme that includes twelve articles each of which is dedicated to one of the geographical area of Iran. Article IX is about the poets of Shiraz and its suburbs, corrected by Nafise Irāni and published by Mirāth-e Maktoob publication. In the following paper, the author is going to criticize the mentioned correction; hence, he provides some instances from this book in order to depict the erroneous readings and its other problems.