Kashefi and the Critical Survey of “Rozat-ol-Shohada’e”

In the last years of Teimorian’s dynasty, when Soltan Hossein Baqera earned kingdom, Harrat became a scientific and cultural center; and actually a major place for several writers and scholars. Harrat’s court earned dignity and grandeur through the presence of Amir Alishir Navayi; the wise and literary minister of the time. Molana Kamal-Edin Hossein Vaez Kashefi was one of the figures who proved his abilities during this era and created great works. This prolific scientist has written books in a variety of fields; whereas Rozat-ol-Shohada’e is one of them. This book depicts the great Islamic event of Karbala (which led to the martyrdom of Imam Hossein) through a literary narrative manner. This essay reviews Kashefi’s works and manners, while Rozat-ol-Shohada’e is also surveyed from a literary point of view regarding the literary elements as well as the innovations and the originalities in fictional narrative prose.