The state of rhetoric and grammer in the Indian subcontinent according to the book Zavabet - Azimiyeh

 This article introduces and examines the content of the manuscript of the Great Criteria by Mohammad Azim Qureshi. "Azimiyeh Criteria" was written by Mohammad Azim Qureshi in 1130 (twelfth century AH), in vocabulary, rhetoric and grammar. The subject of this work is "Persian language in the subcontinent". This version is written in 414 pages, with annotations and spelling. Existing copies of this manuscript have been registered, one at the Noor Microfilm Center, the library of the Army Progress Association in New Delhi, and two copies in Pakistan, Karachi, Hamdard Collection, and Islamabad, Ganjbakhsh Collection, number 7872. This book is listed in the Guide to the Joint Index of Pakistani Manuscripts, vol. 13, p. This article introduces and examines the content of this collection ‌ and explains the issues in the version by citing evidence.

 The method of this research is descriptive-analytical using the library collection tool as a document research and content analysis data mining method. In this way, we have examined the corrected text of the manuscript of the great criteria, which is itself based on the method of intermediate correction, and we have analyzed its content, grammar and rhetoric.

 This text is a rich and useful educational book in the period in question, about Persian grammar, rhetoric and literary crafts, rhyme and prose, as well as other related sciences such as astronomy, logic, theology, etc. In this version, which the author has used all the relevant textbooks up to his period, he has not left out any points about the topics of discussion, and it seems that this book has been an educational book for teaching in schools.

 The Persian language and its development during the rule of the Gurkhanids in India was the concern of writers and rulers, and the writing of this book and similar books and the preparation of subsequent manuscripts from it, proves the necessity of this education and expansion. Although this book belongs to about two centuries ago, but because it is an educational book, it is as easy to understand as possible.