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)

Mahbūb al-Qulūb: one old plagiarism

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Esma Baga 1
Alireza Emami 2
1 PhD., Department of Persian Language and Literature., Faculty of Literature and Humanities. University of Tehran. Tehran. IRAN.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran. Tehran. IRAN.
10.22034/crtc.2023.417454.1114
Abstract
Abstract
In the present research, an examination is conducted on a manuscript known as Mahbūb al-Qulūb, which is preserved in the Afandi section of the Sulaymaniyah Library in Turkey. Information regarding the author of this work and its date of composition is not available. Previously, it was believed that this work was unique and contained specific and rare information; hence, it was thought that its edition could attract the interest of researchers and enthusiasts of Persian literature.
In this study, this work is initially compared with Marzbān-Nāmē of Varavīnī, and Siyar al-Mulūk by Khwaja Nasir al-Din Tūsi, along with other Persian works, and the stories and narratives contained therein are analyzed in terms of their sources. The issue of attribution is also addressed in this work, investigating whether it contains signs of plagiarism. Afterwards, in this research, efforts are made to examine the characteristics of the manuscript and speculate on the time and place of its transcription. Based on the language and the quality of prose, as well as the physical features of the manuscript and the verses mentioned by the author within the text scholars believe that this text was compiled nearly a century after Marzbān-Nāmē, between the years 700 to 730 AH.
Keywords
Mahbūb al-Qulūb
Marzbān-Nāmē
text edition
Siyar al-Mulūk
plagiarism

Subjects

عدم تعارض منافع

نویسندگانی که نام‌هایشان ذکر شده است تأیید می‌کنند که هیچ وابستگی یا مشارکتی با هیچ سازمان یا نهادی که منافع مالی (مانند حق‌الزحمه؛ کمک‌های آموزشی؛ شرکت در سخنرانی‌ها؛ عضویت، استخدام، مشاوره، مالکیت سهام یا سایر منافع مالی؛ و شهادت کارشناسی یا ترتیبات مجوز اختراعات) یا منافع غیرمالی (مانند روابط شخصی یا حرفه‌ای، وابستگی‌ها، دانش یا باورها) در موضوع یا مواد مورد بحث در این دست‌نوشته ندارند.

Conflict of Interest 

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Journal of Codicology and Manuscript Research (In persian: Pizhūhish/hā-yi nuskhah/shināsī va taṣḥīḥ-i mutūn)
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6
October 2024
Pages 239-262

  • Receive Date 21 September 2023
  • Revise Date 14 October 2023
  • Accept Date 22 October 2023
  • Publish Date 22 September 2024