Document Type : Research
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Ph. D candidate in Local History, Isfahan University
Abstract
Literary biography of Majma'-ol-Khavas was written in 1016 (lunar/hijri) in Turkish, by Sadeqi-Beik Afshar, prominent writer in Safavid era, and in 1327 solar/hijri (1949) was edited and translated into Persian by Dr. Abdol Rasul Khayam Pour, a professor in Tabriz University.
This biography provides us with very precious information about literary situation in Turk and Tajik communities of Iran at that time. Furthermore, flourishing of literature and art and their importance among kings, princes, and governors of Safavid emperor, and some of the kings and tribal chiefs of Ottoman, Gurkani , and Uzbak are reflected in Majma'-ol-Khavas.
Sadegi beik-Afshar was born in Tabriz, and studied painting. Due to flow of political events he went to Qazvin and Isfahan, and got acquainted to many of outstanding Artists of Tabriz, Qazvin and Isfahan schools of painting. He also mentioned names and biography of some of these painters in Majma'-ol-Khavas due to their poetic nature.
Not only does this article aim at providing an explanation of the importance of this book in historiography of Safavid era, but also it tries to criticize some shortcomings of its translation.
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