BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
There are many poems in the manuscript of Mahbub al-Qulub with
number 15 in the Effendi state library in Turkey, but except for Hakim Ferdowsi
and Hakim Sana"i, no other poet is mentioned in it, and the author"s method is
not to mention the names of the poets. The poets whose poetry is included in
this book are: Ferdowsi, Nasser Khosrow, Anwari, Farkhi Sistani, Sanai, Zahir
Faryabi, Khaqani, Azraqi Heravi, Rashid Watawat, Nizami, Saadi and Molavi, all
of whom are before the 8th century. Considering the author"s interest in
mentioning the poems of prominent poets, it shows that he wrote the book in the
beginning of the 8th century, and that is the reason why there are no poems of
poets of this century in it.
METHODOLOGY: Changing
the words in the poems of this version with authentic printed works raises the
question of how original are the poems in Mahbub al-Qulub? And is it possible
that the reason for the changes is that the author of the book quoted the poems
from memory? In the following essay, to explain the problem, all the verses
that are different from printed works have been examined.
FINDINGS: Although in a few cases the
changes in this manuscript can be trusted due to the accuracy of the author"s
opinion, but the guess is close to certainty that this author had a poetic
nature and could easily replace words from make up your mind Also, the
originality of the moral foundations of his book was more important to him than
the originality of the texts, especially the poems that he included in the
book.
CONCLUSION: Many variations of
Mahbub al-Qulub are not original, and the author has taken possession of them
in reciting the poem, which is more than memory