A Survey of Kamal-al-Din Behzad's Interpretation of the Story of " Sa, di and Javan - e - Kashghari»; Based on the Mystical Training Pattern of Nur-al- Din Abd-al Rahman

The Creativity and innovation in the Iranian painting, especially in the continuance of implications and subjects are associated with the name of Kamal-al-Din Behzad, as a prominent painter of the Timurid period during the second half of the 9 th/15 th century. His art works were completely free of textual restrictions and were integrated with the implications of his time. Therefore, they were unprecedentedly novel and rich. He created unique and fresh masterpieces because he was sensitive and talented and he was using the dominant ideas and thoughts of histime. Sa,di and Javan-e-Kashghari is one of his masterworks. In this study, its commitment to the literary source and the influences of Behzad’s contemporary artists on the theme of his painting are discussed. The main aim of this research is to emphasize on the influences of his contemporaries’ ideas and thoughts, especially the poet Nur-al-Din Abd-al-Rahman Jami, on Behzad and the reflections of these influences in his painting. The survey will answer the following questions: -To what degree does the theme of Behzad’s painting conform to its literary source? -How Jami – as one of his contemporaries and the most in fluential cultural figure in the society of Herat – affected the theme of this painting? This research with its fundamental-developmental purpose has used a comparativedescriptive method for collecting historical information and the quantitative and qualitative methods for data analysis. To sum up, it can be said that Behzad was influenced by Jami’s thoughts and beliefs after associating and socializing with such a great person who had a prominent position in Herât at that time. He used Jami’s thoughts in creating the theme of his painting besides its literary source which is a story from Golestan of Sa,di.