Analytical Comparison of How the Life of Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah is Narrated in Historiographical and Literary Texts (Representation of the Narration of the Indus Battle, 1221 AD)

In historical texts, one can find traces of historical characters who are close to the heroes of romances in terms of actions and personality traits. The authors of these texts have made every effort to show these events as real. One of these personalities is Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah. 'Battle of Indus' has been narrated in the life of this hero in very different historiographical and literary texts. The literary narratives of this event are formed from within the historiographical texts. The purpose of the authors of this study is to compare the narratives of historiographical and literary texts from the seventh century to the contemporary period in expressing the event of the 'Battle of Indus' in the context of narratological studies. According to the results of the research, among the narrations, Ibn al- Athir's work is closer to reality due to the believability and logic of the narrations and the neutrality of the historian, but the narrations of Nasawi and Juvayni are more literary due to less believable and contradictions in the narrations. And in some of these narrations, Jalal al-Din is similar to the hero of the romances; These narratives have become the main reference for writers and poets of later periods to create poems and historical novels.