Investigation of Jalal Azod Yazdi’s Plagiarisms of Khosrow Dehlavi

Khosrow Dehlavi is one of the most influential and popular poets in Persian literature; however, his poems have not been accurately counted and comprehensively edited yet. Many poets have imitated his poetry (Tatabboʻ), and these imitations (Mojabat) were the benchmark for their poetic power. One of these poets is Jalal Azod Yazdi, that according to the author's research, he was influenced by Khosrow's poetry. This influence was not limited to the usual poetic imitations, and led to plagiarism of Khosrow's poems. In this study, the manuscripts and printed poems of Khosrow and Jalal are accurately evaluated, and the imitations of Jalal and his plagiarism is investigated. The collection of Jalal’s Ghazals in his published Divan includes 257 poems, about fifty of which are influenced by Khosrow's poetry, and around forty of these poems are possibly associated to plagiarism. Identical verses and intact quotations (Tazmin) of Khosrow's poems without mentioning his name, and the imitation (Esteqbal) of the metre, radif (identical ending syllable), rhymes and the structure of Khosrow’s poetry indicates that Jalal had access to Khosrow's poems. Replacing the pen name of Khosrow with Jalal, adding one or more new couplets to some of Khosrow’s Ghazals, and the presence of Khosrow’s Ghazals in the old manuscripts of Jalal eliminates the possibility of interference or error of the scribes, and reveals Jalal’s plagiarism of Khosrow Dehlavi's poems.