A Comparative Study on Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and Al-Jāhiz Basri in Introducing Sasanian Empire's Culture and Civilization

Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ is one of the famous translators and scholars in first era of Abbasid caliphate. He is one of the translators who could effect the kings' behaviors and his movement was an opening to form the Shu'ubiyya and translation movement which were responsible for Iran's protection and transferring important achievements to Islamic era. Al-Jāhiz Basri – although was a religious man – attempted to translate Pahlavi's Book in order to remind remarkable ethical and social issues of Sasanian to Abbasids. This research intends to study the various aspects of the mentioned subject by citing valid historical and literal references and based on the descriptive analythical method. The results show that translation of Pahavi scripts by Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and Al-Jāhiz played an important role in introducing Iranian's traditions such as Norouz, polo game and etc.