Introduction and evaluation of new poems and composition styles of Vis and Ramin's Dah-Nāmah in Safīnah-yi Tabrīz

Articles in Press

Document Type : Research article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 PhD student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

10.22034/perlit.2025.69730.3874

Abstract

Only a few manuscripts of the classical Persian verse romance Vis and Ramin by Fakhr alDin Asʿad Gurgani, composed in the 5th century AH (11th century CE), are extant. The work has been printed five times, among which the critical and scholarly edition prepared by the Georgian researchers Todua and Gwakharia is the most significant. Their edition is based on eleven complete and fragmentary manuscripts, none of which date earlier than the 9th century AH. Therefore, discovering and examining any trace of Vis and Ramin predating this period is of considerable importance and can greatly contribute to the literary community’s understanding, introduction, and reevaluation of this ancient and valuable work. One source unavailable to previous editors is the Safīnah-yi Tabrīz manuscript (dated 723 AH), which contains 730 couplets from Vis and Ramin’s Dah-Nāmah, composed by Abu’lMajd Tabrizi. Considering the linguistic and historical significance of Vis and Ramin and its precedence over other extant manuscripts, the present study first introduces six newly identified poems in this romance, then reports 182 newly found couplets, and finally proposes revisions to ten couplets based on these new variant readings. The researchers hope that the findings of this study will contribute to a more refined and reliable text of Vis and Ramin.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Persian Language and Literature

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 26 February 2026

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 16 October 2025
  • Revise Date: 23 November 2025
  • Accept Date: 26 February 2026
  • Publish Date: 26 February 2026

Share

How to cite

Statistics