Introducing the Poem Jazbe-ye Heydari by Ahsan-e Bangali And a Text Analysis of It

One of the religious poems written in India as a supplement to the book Hamle-ye Heydari by Bazel-e Mashhadi is entitled Jazbe-ye Heydari. The verse was composed by Abd ul-Ali Khan Bangali pen-named Ahsan in 1151 AH/ 1738. Jazbe-ye Heydari has been arranged in the poetic form of Masnavi and contains about 8000 couplets. In this work, Ahsan-e Bangali has versified the events of the period between the caliphate to the martyrdom of Imam Ali and the three battles of Jamel, Siffin, and Nahrawan. The present article deals with an introduction and exploration of Jazbe-ye Heydari and a text analysis of it, with a descriptive approach based on its manuscripts and other library sources. The research findings indicate that in narrating the events, the poet relies on the words of narrators as well as citations from the sources available. He has managed to include the literary genre “Saqi-Namah” at the beginning of his tales and has mostly used hyperbole in creating epic images. Describing the events in detail along with full descriptions of the events is quite evident throughout the poem.