Criticism of the Story of “Jahān Palavān Mir Bāgher Hakim, Tahamtan e Dowrān” With a Look at the Yatim-Nāmeh

Jamshid Sedāghatnejād is a researcher in the field of Manuscript Research, rewriting, and adaptation of epic texts in the contemporary period, who has been able to present numerous prose works influenced by the Shahnameh and other fictional epics. Although most of Sedāghatnejād's works are in the shadow of the plot of the prominent texts, some of them are sometimes elevated to the level of authorship due to the invention of new themes and motifs. Meanwhile, Yatim-Nāmeh, which has been immortalized in Iran mostly under the title of the Story of Hossein Kurd Shabestari, is one of the most famous prose epics of late Persian literature, and Sedāghatnejād, thanks to his creative mind and following Yatim-Nāmeh, has succeeded in composing another prose counterpart to it in 1383, centered on the personality of Mir Bāgher, under the title "Jahān Palavān Mir Bāgher Hakim, Tahamtan e Dowrān". The author, while benefiting from numerous historical sources and travelogues, has attempted to recreate the personality of Mir Bāgher Hakim, relatively separate from the image presented in the Yatim-Nāmeh, in a circular narrative flow and through epic and romantic events, within the time frame of the Safavid era, and then, through the moral and Ayyāri teachings, to reveal the identity of Mir Bāgher Hakim from the status of a medicine man to a hero. The story of Mir Bāgher Hakim is in the group of contemporary stories in which the author was able to, in addition to reviving the epic tradition and ideals of chivalry in the form of original content, also to some extent incorporate the characteristics of contemporary novels into the story elements of the work. According to the complete paucity of research on this subject, the present article has attempted, using an inductive method, to introduce the narrative of "Jahān Palavān Mir Bāgher Hakim, Tahamtan e Dowrān" for the first time and to criticize its notable points.