Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami

Jami, the well-known poet, author and mystic has various poetry and prose works in Persian. One of his valuable books in prose is Bahārestān which is written in a similar style with Sa'di’s Gulistān. Though Jami claims that he did not imitate anyone in writing the anecdotes or at least the poet...

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Main Author: vahid sabzian pur
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2012-08-01
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Online Access:https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6582_d8739e1cfe8e002399d06e6b814b390e.pdf
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description Jami, the well-known poet, author and mystic has various poetry and prose works in Persian. One of his valuable books in prose is Bahārestān which is written in a similar style with Sa'di’s Gulistān. Though Jami claims that he did not imitate anyone in writing the anecdotes or at least the poetic anecdotes in Bahārestān, a research into the works of previous authors, especially Arabic sources, reveal the origins of Bahārestān anecdotes. The main issue of this paper is whether Jami is inspired by previous works or not. For this purpose, one rowzeh ('garden') of the octad rowzehs ('gardens') of Bahārestān is selected and the source of its anecdotes is looked up in Arabic texts written before Jami. As a result, the root of 21 stories of 43 anecdotes that is half the stories of this garden is found to be previous sources. In other words, it can be asserted that just as it was the literary tradition of that period, Jami too has considered anecdotes written in previous works and many of his stories are rooted in Arabic sources written before him.
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spelling doaj.art-00e66f578f784d14ba06dcaaa2544e6c2023-12-26T07:38:47ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī2251-71382476-61862012-08-01165216118410.22054/ltr.2012.65826582Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jamivahid sabzian pur0دانشیار دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاهJami, the well-known poet, author and mystic has various poetry and prose works in Persian. One of his valuable books in prose is Bahārestān which is written in a similar style with Sa'di’s Gulistān. Though Jami claims that he did not imitate anyone in writing the anecdotes or at least the poetic anecdotes in Bahārestān, a research into the works of previous authors, especially Arabic sources, reveal the origins of Bahārestān anecdotes. The main issue of this paper is whether Jami is inspired by previous works or not. For this purpose, one rowzeh ('garden') of the octad rowzehs ('gardens') of Bahārestān is selected and the source of its anecdotes is looked up in Arabic texts written before Jami. As a result, the root of 21 stories of 43 anecdotes that is half the stories of this garden is found to be previous sources. In other words, it can be asserted that just as it was the literary tradition of that period, Jami too has considered anecdotes written in previous works and many of his stories are rooted in Arabic sources written before him.https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6582_d8739e1cfe8e002399d06e6b814b390e.pdfjamibahārestānpersian prosearabic sources
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Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
jami
bahārestān
persian prose
arabic sources
title Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
title_full Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
title_fullStr Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
title_full_unstemmed Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
title_short Origins of Bahārestān Stories by Jami
title_sort origins of baharestan stories by jami
topic jami
bahārestān
persian prose
arabic sources
url https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6582_d8739e1cfe8e002399d06e6b814b390e.pdf
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