A contrastive study of the epic Sawlat-e Faruqi as against Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

The defiant stand of some of the shahnameh composers of recent times against Ferdowsi’s artistic and intellectual dominance is one f their noteworthy approaches to the dazzling importance and overwhelming universal acceptance of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh .Ashub Shahjahan-abaadi-eTurani (1199 A.H./1785) , author of the nearly unknown poem Sowlat-e Farooqi, is one of these pretenders, who has endeavoured to gain public reception by denouncing, insulting and mocking Ferdowsi.
The present study, based on Bloom’s theory of “Anxiety of influence”, has undertaken to address the manner of Ashub Turani’s hostile confrontation with Ferdowsi and his Shahnameh. The result of the study reveals that the satirical and humiliating language in the Sowlat-e Farooqi is indicative of its writer’s inability to attain public acceptance and his failure in securing personal credibility and independent identity of his own in shahnameh composing.