Abstract:
There were lots of great author along the history of Persian Language who inherited different kinds of works. From 4th Hegira up to nowadays that lots of prose texts has been composed there are few، if any، subjects in philosophical، theological، mystical، literary and scientific that we cannot find some book(s) about. There are some information in the introduction section of these books about author and its contemporaries، general information about the work itself and so on; moreover، there would be some information about the necessity of the work composition that would explain and justify its goals and composition reason in a brief and comprehensive manner. The main question in the current study is that what is the real reason of composition of these works in their authors' view? Authors have gained some piece of data after reviewing 150 works from the most famous Persian prose works in different subjects and genres and divided them into different categories. The general result is that most of these works were written due to the order or request of someone and few، if any، works have been written due to the author's own decision and motive. This issue has often been rooted in personal، social، economic and even political reasons that this article tries to deal with and shed light on its causes.
Machine summary:
Many writers, in the preface of their works, indicated in this way that the reason for the composition of their book was the command of a king or a minister: The Command of a King, an Emir, or a Ruler From this category, the following works can be mentioned: The book "Siyasat Nama" composed by Nizam al-Mulk Tusi, which was written by the order of Malik Shah Seljuk: "He commanded me to write some of the good biographies, from what kings cannot avoid, and everything that kings have had to do...
The Minister's Command Throughout the history of Iran, there were wise and virtuous ministers and advisors such as Abu Ali Bal'ami, Nizam al-Mulk Tusi, Rashid al-Din Fazlullah Hamadani, and others, who were always encouragers of the writers and scholars of their time in composition and classification, lovers of poets and writers, and great patrons of charitable works; to the extent that some writers, in the prologues of their works, have stated that the reason for composing their work was the command of these knowledge-loving ministers.
The request and entreaty of someone In many prefaces of Persian prose works, we observe that the author claims to have written his book due to a personal request, which we can classify into several categories: The request of friends and companions The book "Nasihat al-Muluk," for which Saadi writes regarding the reason for its composition: (ص ) "But after the praise of God, the Lord of the worlds, and the mention of the best son of Adam, we begin in advising the masters of kings, because one of the dear friends requested this in this sense, close to understanding and far from affectation" (Saadi, 1320: 761).
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