Abstract Manuscripts receive special attention in written Persian heritage collection. A large section of evolutionary thoughts from our ancestors had reached us through these manuscripts copies. The importance of their identification, revival, and publicati
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Abstract Manuscripts receive special attention in written Persian heritage collection. A large section of evolutionary thoughts from our ancestors had reached us through these manuscripts copies. The importance of their identification, revival, and publication as major historical, literary, and cultural sources are quite evident. The purpose of this article is to introduce a newly found copy whose main title is unknown yet it is recognized as an historical epic related to Shah Abbas I chronicle or the conquests of Shah Ismaeil in verse. This work deals with the political history of events occurred in Iran particularly in Mazandaran, and is also concerned with the reign of Marashian and other local sovereigns of the northern province of Iran in Safavid era. The anonym Abstract Manuscripts receive special attention in written Persian heritage collection. A large section of evolutionary thoughts from our ancestors had reached us through these manuscripts copies. The importance of their identification, revival, and publication as major historical, literary, and cultural sources are quite evident. The purpose of this article is to introduce a newly found copy whose main title is unknown yet it is recognized as an historical epic related to Shah Abbas I chronicle or the conquests of Shah Ismaeil in verse. This work deals with the political history of events occurred in Iran particularly in Mazandaran, and is also concerned with the reign of Marashian and other local sovereigns of the northern province of Iran in Safavid era. The anonymous poet of this historical epic had recorded all the major events of Persian history till his own time in a new verse form and this is highly important since the innovations employed in this work had no prior history as far as the historiography of Mazandaran is concerned. The present article identifies and analyzes the manuscript copy with emphasis on local history of Dar al-Marz (Northern provinces of Iran). Keywords Maunscript copy, Shah Abbas I chronicle, local historical epic poetry, Mazandaran, Safavid. ous poet of this historical epic had recorded all the major events of Persian history till his own time in a new verse form and this is highly important since the innovations employed in this work had no prior history as far as the historiography of Mazandaran is concerned. The present article identifies and analyzes the manuscript copy with emphasis on local history of Dar al-Marz (Northern provinces of Iran).
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