A comparative investigation on Ayyāri custom in Iran and knighthood in the West

Injustice, partiality, murder, plunder, slavery and captivity were bitter realities born and developed along with human being. This fact induced group of devoted people to stand up against oppressors protecting the weak and trying to establish justice at the time when preventive rules were not yet set by human beings. Such groups can be found in different parts of the world. Ayyārs in Iran, Saālik in Arab world, knights in the West and samurais in Eastern Asia are included in the list. In this research, it has been tried to investigate Ayyāri custom in Iran and knighthood in the west in a comparative way and to set out similarities and differences between them. Also, the effects of these customs on the literature of Iran and the west have been shown.