A study of the dispersed poems of Abu Al-Ma ali Nohas-e Razi

One of the poets who apparently had no separate Divan of his own, and undoubtedly part of his poetry has been lost, is Abu Al-Ma’ali Nohas-e Razi, a 6th /12th-century learned poet, during the Saljuq rule. Some of his poetry appears in printed sources. By doing further research into various sources such as anthologies, collectanea, and poets’ biographies and miscellanies, which have generally remained in manuscript form, one can find some of the extant verses and compile them. What appears in this article for the first time is a study of the poetry By examining the Rubaiyat common between Khayyam and Majd-e Hamgar, this article is to examine and assess the validity of the attribution of these quatrains to the two poets concerned. In this study, after citing each one of the Ruabaiyat, place and date of their attribution to either of the poets have been determined. Having mentioned the important variants of the manuscripts examined, we have addressed linguistic stylistics and historical background of the Rubaiyat, comparing the contents of the Rubaiyat under study with those of Khayyam’s genuine quatrains. In the end, we have presented our opinion on the possible attribution of these quatrains to either of the two or other poets.