A stylistic study of the epic poems of the Mughal era (Case study of Ghazan Nameh and Shahnameh Changizi)

The poems and epic works that were written after the Shahnameh and often following, establishing and imitating it in religious, heroic and historical contexts are among the sources that have received less attention from Ferdowsi scholars and Shahnameh scholars in the field of scientific studies. And while these works, in addition to the many influences in the field of linguistic, literary and intellectual style from Ferdowsi's work, are also considered a very suitable source for criticizing and evaluating the success rate of composers in imitating Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. The main purpose of the upcoming study is to examine and analyze Ghazannameh and Shahnameh Changizi as two Shahnameh poems written in the Mughal era, which were written in imitation of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.

The method of study in this research is descriptive-analytical based on library studies. In this research, in order to present the literary style more precisely, the researchers systematically analyzed a thousand verses from each of the systems.

The poems of Ghazannameh and Shahnameh Changizi were written in close imitation of Shahnameh. Both poets have tried to write an epic narrative in the form of a historical text by choosing weight, tone, themes and to some extent epic descriptions.

The results of the research indicate that in the two mentioned poems, linguistic features such as the use of sounds, phonemes, homophones, literary features such as simile and irony, and epic descriptions to a large extent show the composers' imitation of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, although due to the choice of historical subject (History of Ilkhans and Mughal Rulers) The use of Arabic, Turkish and Mongolian words, the use and use of similes in the form of detailed similes and little use of metaphors, it can only be said that the imitation of Ferdowsi is more prominent in the aspect of weight and music of words.