amir soltanmohamadi; Sayyed Mansour Sadat Ebrahimi
Volume 9, Issue 1 , September 2019, , Pages 201-219
Abstract
Khaqani’s poetry is replete with references to the sciences of his time. This causes his poetry to be impossible to understand without comprehending the variety of sciences (medicine, ...
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Khaqani’s poetry is replete with references to the sciences of his time. This causes his poetry to be impossible to understand without comprehending the variety of sciences (medicine, astronomy, history, mythology, geography etc.) which he makes reference to. One of Khaqani’s techniques to enrich his poetry is using Koranic verses and Hadith. In his time, the first sciences that children learned at school were religious sciences including the Koran and Hadith. Undoubtedly, these teachings influenced their mentality, language, and art. So, there were few poets whose works did not reflect these teachings. In Khaqani’s poetry, because he adorns each line of his poems with religious images and themes which are in line with his writing style, this reflection is highlighted. In some cases the scribes or correctors’ negligence has caused Khaqani’s divan to be distorted. In this article, some cases in which the scribes or correctors have been ignorant of the religious context of Khaqani’s poetry are studied.
