چکیده:
Emadud-din Mahmud bin Amir Hujjatullah, pen name “Ilahi”, and known as “Mir Ilahi Hamedani”, was a poet of Mughal Emperor Jahangir (R: 1605-1627 CE) and Shah Jahan’s (R: 1627-1658) period. Mir Ilahi was a seasoned poet and during his stay in Agra befriended with Taqi Awhadi, author of Tazkira-i-Arafatul Ashequin. His company inspired Mir Ilahi to author a Tazkira styled on Arafatul Ashequin. The colophon of first volume of Tazkira-i-Ilahi indicates that Tazkira-i-Ilahi was supposed to be comprised on three volumes, covering the accounts of early, medieval and late medieval poets. But the author could not accomplish this work and second volume of this book remained incomplete. This introductory and analytical paper aims to render a brief summary of his life along with a critical review of his works which leads us to conclude that the scarcity of authentic references and books, and also negligence of author has paved ways for wrong information in several biographies. After comparing Tazkira-i-Ilahi with other authentic Persian sources and Tazkiras, mistakes and incorrect information have been indicated in this paper.
خلاصه ماشینی:
: Tazkira-i-Ilahi, Tazkira writing, Mir Ilahi Hamedani, Life and works, criticism and review Abstract Emadud-din Mahmud bin Amir Hujjatullah, with the pen name Ilahi and known as Mir Ilahi Hamedani, is one of the poets of the era of King Jahangir (R: 1014-1037 AH / 1605-1627 CE) and Shah Jahan (R: 1037 to 1068 AH / 1627-1658 CE).
In this article, the aim is to provide a brief introduction to the life and works of Mir Ilahi using a descriptive-analytical method, along with a critical review of his Tazkira.
However, Springer and Story, who considered the second volume of this Tazkira, have recorded the name of this book as "Khazina-i-Ganj or Ganj-i-Ilahi" based on a phrase included in the translation of Sheikh Azari.
Mir Ilahi used a number of Tazkiras and histories to collect the biographies of famous and unknown poets and writers, and in his Tazkira, he has named his sources, which include: Lubab al-Albab, عرفات العاشقين, Tazkirat al-Shu'ara, Majalis al-Nafais, Fawa'id al-Fu'ad, Tarikh Guzida, Tarikh Bayhaqi, Tabaqat Nasiri, Tarikh Sistan, Tazkirat al-Nisa, Nafahat al-Uns, Risalat al-Abrar min Akhbar al-Akhyar, Rasail Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Chahar Maqala, Tarikh Alam-aray Abbasi, Habib al-Siyar, Mirsad al-Ibad, Tarikh Humayuni, Fihi ma Fihi, Nuzhat al-Qulub, Shiraznameh, Tarikh Alf, Rawzat al-Safa, Tarikh Yafai, Tarikh Banakati, Nizam al-Tawarikh, Tarikh Shahrakhi, and others.
Nevertheless, he had not read the aforementioned sources with careful attention, and after studying Tazkira-i Ilahi, it seems that the author did not have complete knowledge of history, and for this reason, the lives and works of poets are faced with errors.
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