Sultan Ibrahim Mirza Safavi's Divan and His Poetic Style مقالة

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Sultan Ibrahim Mirza (946-984 AH), son of Bahram Mirza, son of Shah Ismail I Safavi, is the subject. Bahram Mirza was the youngest child of Shah Ismail I Safavi and, in addition to Shah Tahmasp I, had two other brothers named Alqas Mirza and Sam Mirza (author of Tazkirat al-Tuhfa al-Sami). From the year 963 AH, he was entrusted with the rule of the province of Mashhad by Shah Tahmasp until the end of his life (984). The subject of this article is the introduction of this poet's Divan (with attention to the correction of the manuscript version) and a look at his poetic art. His only remaining work is a Divan of poetry, which is registered in the Golestan Palace Library under number 2183 and row number 139 on pages 337 to 340 of the first volume, in the Divans section, titled Divan-e Jahi (the poet's pen name). Some sources estimate the number of verses in his Divan to be approximately three thousand (Khulasa al-Tawarikh, p. 110). The Divan that has reached us consists of 993 verses, of which 859 are in Persian and the rest are in Turkish. The Divan includes a prose introduction, eight qasidas, ninety ghazals, fifty-eight rubais, and Turkish poems. This Divan was compiled five years after the poet's death at the hands of Shah Ismail II Safavi in 989 AH, through the efforts of his daughter, Gohar Shad Khanum; it is a selected collection (safina) of all the poet's poetry, chosen and compiled aesthetically by his daughter. Praising great religious figures including: the Holy Prophet (PBUH), Imam Hussain (AS), and Imam Reza (AS), realism and attention to the beloved, mystical themes, historical references, and pride and self-praise are among the major themes of his poetry. His poetry is simple, fluent, and highly impactful.