From Indian Convoy

Abstract

From Indian Convoy (Introducing Ashub Mazandarani and his Divan)Mohammad-Taqi JahaniAli GuzelyuzNihat DegirmenciThe widespread immigration of Iranian poets to India in the Safavid era took placefor a variety of reasons, including the lack of attention of the kings, the loss ofsupporters and enthusiasts of poetry, the welcoming of Indian kings, and the hope toget position. These immigrants developed a new style of poetry that became popularin Indian style.Mulla Mohammad Hossein Ashub Mazandarani was one of the poets who wentto India, where he met Zafar Khan Hassan Torbati and his comrade, Ibrahim Khan.His Divan include odes and verses, sonnets and quatrains. The only copy of thiswork is kept in the library of Nuruosmaniyeh of Turkey. With study and researchinto his poems, it is determined that he is one of the first group of Indian style poets(poets who continued the tradition of earlier poets) and has been very influential inthe writing of his poems of Khorasani and Iraqi style poets.In this paper, we have investigated and analyzed his Divan and extraction of hislinguistic, intellectual, and literary attributes in addition to introducing AshubMazandarani in order to identify this poet’s position among the poets of this style.Keywords: Eleventh century poetry, Indian style, Ashub Mazandarani, manuscriptcorrection.