A Poet from BukharaThe Recognition of Mushfeqi Bukharaei and the Necessity of Correcting and Publishing his Divan with an Introduction of the Most Complete Version of the Poet’s Divan

Persian poetry flourished in Bukhara with great poets such as Rudaki and Shahid-e-Balkhi, and many poets appeared in that land over the centuries. Abdurrahman Mushfeqi Bukharaei, a poet and satirist of the tenth century AH, with all the fame and prestige he has among the Persian speakers of that land, is not well-known in our country. Poems from this poet have been left in various forms and subjects, which are important in terms of the development of Persian poetry, especially in Central Asia. Several manuscripts from his Divan are in libraries across the world; each of them contains a part of his works- including odes, sonnets, stanzas, and couplets- most of which have not been published yet. The most complete remained manuscript of the Divan in terms of containing various parts of the Divan is a manuscript kept in the Treasury of Tajikistan Sciences Academy of Manuscripts. By obtaining this valuable copy, we are able to obtain a complete collection of his poems. The authors of this study intend to provide a new understanding of the poet and his works by presenting some explanations about the life of this poet and examining the content of his Divan. This manuscript includes one Divan of Odes, three Divans of Sonnets, two narrative couplets named Golzar-e-Eram and Saqi-nameh, a satirical Divan, and some stanzas and quatrains.