Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad Amir Mashhadhi ¹
• Sara Nezamdoost ²

¹ Professor of the Department of Persian language and literature, Faculty of Literature and humanities, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

² PhD student of Persian language and literature, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran

Abstract

The sixth century is the peak of the use of astronomical terms in Persian poetry and prose. One of the most prominent and prominent works in the use of terms and information of astronomy in Persian literature is the Maghamat of Qazi Hamiduddin Balkhi (559 AD), which he authored in 551. The purpose of the present research is to investigate the use of astronomy in Hamidi Maghamat in a descriptive-analytical way and to answer the question of how and for what purpose Hamiduddin Balkhi used astronomy and its tools in Maghamat. Therefore, by extracting samples from this tract, the authors have analyzed it in terms of the mentioned topic. The results of the research show that Hamiduddin Balkhi has used the science of astronomy skillfully and with full knowledge. Allocating an Maghame (20th) in Maghamat to astronomy shows the importance of the subject. From the point of view of the authors, the most important reasons for the use of astronomy in the authorities are to show the author's abilities and to express his grace and knowledge in the use of astronomy, the imaginative literary and artistic effects of the tract, to introduce the tract to the audience and also to indicate his religious beliefs, so that in this way, his tract be honored and after him, its immortality will be preserved.

Keywords

• Hamidi Maghamat
• Qazi Hamiduddin Balkhi
• planets
• stars
• astronomy

Main Subjects

• Persian the literature