Vaghee and Moqbel Esfahani

The literary period which was contemporaneous with the Safavid time in Iran is considered as the time of literary decadence by some scholars whereas some other scholars consider this period as one of the dynamic and flourishing periods of Persian literature which provided the field of the emergence of new experiences besides continuing the prevalent literary traditions in later periods. Without investigating these two views، in this article، One of these new experiences will be analyzed which is named ''Writing event'' (compose of Vaghe''e). The evidence implies that the creator of this sub-genre is a committed Shiite poet named Aqa Mohmmad Sheikha whose pseudonym is Moqbel Esfahani. He took refuge to India in turbulent and insecure period of the late of Safavid period and lived in that land with respect and honor by the great figures and governors. His poetic approach was welcomed by many elegy poets in different periods. He established a fundamental tradition in the domain of Persian poetry which is known as Vaghe''e today. It can be regarded as a branch of the Requiem In this paper، the structure and features of this sub-genre are explicated and the role of Moqbel in the formation and prevalence of this literary tradition is explored