A Study and Analysis of seventeen Paragraphs from the Text of Attār's Tazkerat al-awlīāʾ with an Emphasis on Šafīʿī-Kadkani's Comments and Suspensions

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1 Ph.D. Graduate, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Corresponding author, Ph.D. Graduate, Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

10.22103/jll.2025.25428.3196

Abstract

Purpose: Mohammad Reza Šafīʿī-Kadkani published the latest scientific and critical edition of Tazkirat al-Awliyā in 2019 with the effort of publishing the Sokhan in two volumes. This edition, despite being considered most reliable and scientific correction of the Tazkirat to date, unfortunately contains some shortcomings. These defects and faults can be seen both in the text of the Tazkirat and in the comments and notes written by Šafīʿī-Kadkani on the text of the Tazkirat. Although a number of researchers and university professors have referred to some of these cases in several critical articles, the authors of the present article have also encountered other defects and drawbacks by reflecting on seventeen paragraphs of the text of the Tazkirat al-Awliyā and its collation with the Šafīʿī-Kadkani's comments, which are mentioned in the rest of the article.
Method and Research: It should be noted that the authors of this article prepared and arranged their notes using a descriptive-analytical method and using library resources.
Findings and Conclusions: The authors of this article have carefully re-read and analyzed the notes and comments of Šafīʿī-Kadkani regarding the propositions related to these seventeen sections of the text of Tazkirat al-Awliyā. The result of this study shows that some of Šafīʿī-Kadkani's comments are completely incorrect. In some cases, his comments are inadequate and incomplete, and they may lead the reader of the Tazkirat to misunderstandings and erroneous interpretations.

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Journal of Prose Studies in Persian Literature
Volume 28, Issue 58
March 2026
Pages 19-40

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