An Analytical Investigation of the Portraits of Holy prophets, Imams and Prophet's Companions in the Ghaznavid Period Poetry

The period of Soltan Mahmud and MasoudGhaznavi (387-432 AH) is one of the most important epochs with regard to the expansion of the Persian language and literature. The poets of this period include some like Farrokhi، Onsori، Asjodi and Manuchehri who lived in the first half of the 5th century A. H. and had divans (collections of poems) and others like Ayyughi، Abu-Saeed and some others who did not have divans. Totally 20600 lines of poems have remained from these poets. One of the basic devices of these poets in order to improve the form and content of their poetry is the mention of religious personalities. In the present article، by using the analytical-descriptive method، these mentions of holy prophets، Imams، and the prophet''s companions are precisely researched and analyzed. These data are categorized by their types and frequency of usage in three parts: first، the mentioned religious personalities are presented briefly، then، their frequency in different types of poetry is studied، and finally، the impact of the poets’ attention to the words of the rhymes with respect to the amount of the usage of these figures’ names and titles is determined.