خلاصة:
Motakallem, in the book Bahr al-Sana'i, explains rhetorical devices in poetic form and has thus created an innovative work worthy of attention and scrutiny. Bahr al-Sana'i contains the same chapters and headings as the book Hada'iq al-Sihr by Rashid al-Din Watwat. This book has not yet been adorned with the jewelry of printing, and two manuscripts exist, upon which the author has performed a critical edition. In this article, this book is examined and critiqued. Badi' is a technical art in which the rhetorical crafts and the beauties of words in poetry and prose are discussed, and after Ma'ani and Bayan, it has been considered the third art among the arts of rhetoric. Numerous works have been authored in the Persian language regarding the field of rhetorical crafts. The oldest book on this subject is Tarjuman al-Balagha by Mohammad bin Omar Raduyani (5th century). Years later, Rashid al-Din Watwat (d. 573 AH) wrote the book Hada'iq al-Sihr fi Daqa'iq al-Shi'r in opposition to that book. Due to its subject and style of expression, this book has been of interest to writers of Badi' for centuries. Among the books compiled under the influence of Hada'iq al-Sihr is Bahr al-Sana'i by Tab' Hasan Motakallem Neyshaburi. Taj al-Din Hasan Motakallem was a poet of the 8th century who was born in Neyshabur, but his place of study and upbringing was Herat, and he was one of the panegyrists of the Ala Kart sultans, including Malik Ghiyas al-Din Kart (707-729 AH). For a period, he engaged in self-refinement in the service of Sheikh Zayn al-Din Tayabadi, and in the year 741 AH, he passed away and was buried near the shrine of Sheikh Farid al-Din Attar.
ملخص الجهاز:
Abbas Iqbal Ashtiani, the editor of the book Hada'iq al-Sihr fi Daqa'iq al-Shi'r by Rashid al-Din wa Tawat, in the introduction of the book while introducing several books written under the influence of Hada'iq al-Sihr, mentions the book Bahr al-Sanai' by Hasan al-Mutakallim al-Nishaburi and considers his method of work to be innovative, although in his opinion some of his verses are weak (wa Lawat, Hada'iq al-Sihr fi Daqa'iq al-Shi'r: sat).
An example I shall give is: ای چراغ همه بتان خطا دور بودن ز روی توست خطا (wa Tawat, Hada'iq al-Sihr fi Daqa'iq al-Shi'r: 6) And Hasan al-Mutakallim says: مقدّم بر همه تجنیس تامست که آن مقبول طبع خاص و عامست در این صنعت چنان باشد که شاعر دو لفظ آرد لطیف و نغز و فاخر که در صورت بود هر دو موافق ولی نبود معانیشان مطابق An example of it: هزاران زیب و فر در روم داری بر آن گاهی که رو در روم آری Bahr al-Sanai' consists of 39 chapters, of which 98 sections in total are regarding rhetorical arts, in addition to the final chapter which is an explanation of terms.
Hasan al-Mutakallim, in addition to Hada'iq al-Sihr, has also looked into other sources, including the book al-Mu'jam by Shams al-Din Muhammad Qays Razi, and in one place, he explicitly mentions his name: Razi has described Mulamma as such: that you say a Persian verse and then an Arabic verse; if more than one verse is added, it may be four or five verses of Mulamma; and if this type exists within two hemistichs, it has another name besides this one.