The book of the history of Sistan edited by Mohammad Taghi Bahar+received
The history of Sistan is one of the old books in Persian language, which several tons (Probably two) It was written during the fifth to eighth lunar centuries. Apart from its historical value, this book is very important in terms of Persian language and literature.
Only one manuscript has been obtained from this book, which belongs to before 864 AH, which itself was written from an older version..
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Only one manuscript has been obtained from this book, the date of writing of the copy belongs to the year 839 of the solar year (864 lunar year) And the date of its creation was 704 A.H. (725 A.H.) Is. This book is not written by one person, but two or three people wrote it one after the other.
The structure of the book
In its current form, the book is written in two separate parts with distinct styles. The first part, which is the major part of the book, has a very old style and probably belongs to the fifth century AH.. The second part of the book was written in the 8th century and someone has attached a very brief description of the later events. The first part of the book is more than ten times the second part.
The importance of the book
This book contains valuable historical information not found in other books, including:
Information about the beginning of Persian poetry and the first Persian-speaking poets (which appeared in the court of Jacob Leith)
A recitation of the hymn of Kirkoy fire temple, which is perhaps one of the oldest hymns in Persian or a dialect very close to it..
Two references to the book are closed (Of course, in the distorted form of Ibn Dahshti) which is one of the most important surviving works in the Pahlavi language, and as far as we know, this is the only old Persian book that has made such a reference..
Also the author of occasional references to the great Shahnameh (And now missing) Abul Moayed Balkhi has done and wrote some materials based on it. But it is not exactly clear whether he quoted 100% or something like that or only used its contents.
Book correction
An accurate and clear version of this book is still not available, and the current version has been corrected by Mohammad Taghi Bahar from a wrong and incomplete version with great pain.[Requires resource] The title "History of Sistan" was also chosen by Malik al-Shaara Bahar for it, and its title is not mentioned in the text of the book..
For the first time, this collection was published in the old Iran newspaper (From number 474 to 564 dated 1299 to 1302 lunar year) It was printed and later due to the change of times, the original of what was printed as a footnote fell into the hands of Malek Al-Shaarai Bahar and he corrected it with the same unique copy and provided it to the Iranian Ministry of Education for printing..
Mohammad Taqi Bahar has written a valuable introduction to this book and has described the prose features of this ancient book and given its ancient words..
Sources of explanations about the history of Sistan book:
- Rak Abul Hasan Mobin: Book of the month of history and geography, June 1377 – Number 8
- Mohammed Thabet. "Bibliography of Sistan History Book".
An example of the text of the book : (link) Letter of Yaqub Laith Saffari in boasting to his ancestors and fighting with the whips to the Caliph
