An analytical review of the amended version of Rashid al-Din Vatvat's Divan

Rashid al-Din Vatvat was a 12-century poet-writer at the Khwarazmshahid court, singing most of his panegyrics in praise of Atsez Khwarazmshah. In 1960 CE, Saeid Nafisi edited and published Vatvat’s Divan (collection of poetry). Although his edition, which has remained the sole amended version available of the poet’s Divan, is to be welcome, it is not free from certain errors and imperfections as the redactor had no access to the oldest manuscript of the Divan at the time and there seems to have been some rush in collecting and publishing the poet’s verses. Besides, Nafisi’s is not a critical edition and he has made no mention of the variations of the manuscripts used.
In the present article, based on documented evidence and examples, attempts have been made to show the errors unjustifiably entered in the Divan, and put forward their correct versions.