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)

Jang Nāmeh ye Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya or Museyyeb-Nāmeh? (A response to the ambiguity of a multiple title of a narration by Abu Taher Tarsusi with a codicology approach)

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Milad Jafarpoor
Assistant Professor of the Department of Persian Language and Literature. Faculty of Literature and Humanities. Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan. Iran.
10.22034/crtc.2023.172473
Abstract
Museyyeb Khozāi is the central character of the great and small manuscripts of Museyyeb-Nāmeh and is considered as the first avenger, an outstanding warrior and the commander of the bloodthirsty army, and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya is also in charge of the leadership of the Shi'ism movement against the Umayyad dynasty, and A few more celebrities such as: Imām Zain al-Ābedin, Mukhtār Thaqfi And Ibrahim Ashtar are with them. So far, among the works of Abu Tāhir Tarsusi, Museyyeb-Nāmeh is the only known fictional text in which the two mentioned characters are present as twins, and they are martyred following the fulfillment of the revengers' claim of freeing the family of Imam Hussein from Yazid prison, returning the heads of the martyrs and punishing the criminals of Karbala. However, the lack of manuscript studies has caused some researchers to, without examining the manuscripts and only because of the observation of some titles such as: Jang Nāmeh ye Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya and similar ones in the manuscript indexes, without a certificate proving the validity of this claim and its attribution to Tarsusi. After introducing and examining several important manuscripts of Jang Nāmeh ye Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya and Mokhtār-nāmeh, the results indicate that, in connection with the topic of revenge against the criminals of Karbala, not only there is no independent narrative with the title of Jang Nāmeh ye Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, but there are also manuscripts with the same titles in the catalogues is also considered as the great writing of Museyyeb-Nāmeh.
Keywords
Abu Tāhir Tarsusi
Museyyeb-Nāmeh
Jang Nāmeh ye Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya
Similar titles
authenticity of manuscripts
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Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
October 2023
Pages 244-273

  • Receive Date 02 June 2023
  • Revise Date 09 June 2023
  • Accept Date 10 June 2023
  • Publish Date 23 September 2023