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)

The necessity of correcting the date of Gitti Gosha and introducing the manuscripts of the work

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student of Faculty of Language and Literature. Institute of Cultural Studies and Human Sciences. Tehran. Iran.
2 Associate Professor of Faculty of Language and Literature. Institute of Cultural Studies and Human Sciences. Tehran. Iran.
Abstract
Abstract
One of the most important sources of research in the history of Zandiyeh is the book Tarikh Giti-gosha by Mirza Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Mousavi Isfahani, nicknamed, a tasteful poet and a talented writer of this period. This work has two parts which were completed after the death of the author by his student Mirza Abdul Karim bin Alireza Sharif Shirazi and after him Mohammad Reza Shirazi. Taken together, this work narrates the life and characteristics of Karim Khan Zand from the beginning to the end of the work of Lotf Ali Khan Zand (1209 AH). For the first time in 1317 A.H., Saeed Nafisi corrected the erroneous and distorted Gitigosha by using only a late manuscript and by his own admission, without reporting any copy differences and by recreating nearly 25 pages of the original manuscript. . With the investigations done and by referring to the indexes, it becomes clear that there are about 37 manuscripts of this work in the libraries of Iran and the world, and probably the manuscripts which are very close to the date of Gitigosha's authorship and the proofreader did not use them. Therefore, with the availability of these manuscripts, it is felt necessary that this important and valuable work be corrected and refined again to present a revised work with comments from it. In this essay, while pointing out the shortcomings of Saeed Nafisi's correction, we introduce the existing manuscripts of this work.
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  • Receive Date 19 October 2022
  • Revise Date 17 November 2022
  • Accept Date 26 November 2022
  • Publish Date 23 September 2023