Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)

Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)

Introducing of A Thousand and One Nights and scrutiny its Cognitive textual features, Translated by Mohammad Baqer Khorasani Bazanjerdi (Henri version)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mahmoud Firouzi Moghaddam 1
Zakariya Toghani 2
Ali Tasnimi 3
Mehyar Alavi Moghaddam 3
1 Department of Persian Literature and Language,Torbat-e-Heydariyeh Branch,Islamic Azad University,Torbat-e-Heydariyeh, Iran
2 Department of Persian Literature and Language, Torbat-e-heydariye Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e-heydariye, Iran.
3 Associated proffessor. Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences. Hakim Sabzevari University. Sabzevar. Khorasan e Razavi. Iran.
10.22034/crtc.2022.344074.1009
Abstract
It is believed that the oldest available Persian translation of the book alfa Layla va Layla, by Abdul Latif Tassoji in 1261 AH /1845 AD. who is known as the story of the thousand and one nights; But there is another translation called translation of Henrieh in the Houghton Library, a rare Harvard Manuscript Library, which was translated about forty years earlier than the Tassoji version. Therefore, this text is the first Persian translation of Thousand and One Nights, written by Khorasani Bezenjardi around 1223 AH /1808 AD. Translated in Hyderabad (India) at the request of Sir Charles Russell and Sir Henry Russell, brother of a representative of the East India Company, and presented with name of translation of Henrieh to Henry Russell. The authors of this article have introduced this valuable manuscript and studied its important features by descriptive method, citing text and with the help of library resources. The results of the research show that the translation of Henrieh is not only the first Persian translation of alfa Layla va Layla, it is even older than the first edition of Thousand and One Nights, in Arabic, that is, the first edition of Calcutta.Another important feature of Khorasani translation is the Literary ornaments including similes, metaphors, allusions, rhymes and puns that have been added to the text by the translator. This text is adorned with Persian and Arabic verses and There are many verbalizations in describing, Staging and the use of literary subtleties can be seen in it.
Keywords
Thousand and One Nights
translation of Henrieh
Khorasani Bezenjardi
Textology
correction
Subjects

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Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
April 2022
Pages 134-160

  • Receive Date 25 December 2021
  • Revise Date 11 February 2022
  • Accept Date 14 March 2022
  • Publish Date 21 March 2022