A Study of the Stylistic Approaches of Safavid Period Biographers

Critical issues and style have a significant presence in Safavid period tazkarahs (biographers). Theoretical descriptions of biographers are not clear. The main approach of these biographers is the subjective approach. It means that they had no certain approach such as that of the modern researchers. Stylistics of the biographer's comments in Safavid period is still in its primitive stages. The initial spark of this genre, though unscientific, occurred because of the biographers of that period. The insight to the poet's individuality and multilateral focus on style, resulted in a more accurate understanding of the poet’s personal history and also history of the Persian language. The present study examines different approaches of biographers and indicates that the biographers, along their subjective approach, also paid attention to historical issues, content, and the linguistic and rhetorical styles (tarz).