Khavaran Nameh Poetic Causes and the Circumstances in which it was Composed

Abstract

Khavaran Nameh is a religious epic composed by Ibn Hossam Khosfi , committed and able ninth century AH poet.The heart of this epic is the struggle between good and evil (Islam and disbelief) in which Imam Ali (AS) heroism leads to overcome evil in the battle field. The course of development of the national epic and heroic in the early centuries until the advent of religious epics and Khavaran Nameh poetic causes and the circumstances in which it was composed shows that in the ninth century AH, according to the political and social situation there was no words of ethnic and national issues and the religion and religious trends prevails; however, still special attention paid to the Shahnameh and Shahnameh composition in this course of history; such is Ibn Hossam Khosfi, based on society's needs, made decision to create a religious epic and due to familiarity and devotion to the great epic work by Ferdowsi, Shahnameh, created his beautiful epic poem based on Shahnameh style.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s6p191