A critique of the annotated edition of the Divan of Manuchehri of Damghan

Manouchehri-e Damghani’s Divan has up until now been published several times¡ the most recent of them being that edited by Barat Zanjani. In his introduction to the Divan¡ Zanjani states that Dabirsiyaqi’s edition that had appeared before his¡ “has not been administered in a scientific fashion”. Therefore¡ he has redacted the Divan again based on seven manuscripts. In addition¡ he has also defined certain words and explained certain verses.
However¡ there can still be seen lapses and shortcomings in his revision and in the interpretation of some of the verses; so the present article intends to examine this recent edition of Manuchehri’s Divan under four sub-headings: the redaction of the verses; the explanation of the verses; the correction and elucidation of the verses; and prosodic flaws. Attempts are also made to compare this edition with that of Dabirsiyaqi’s.