A Study on Some Mystical Components of the Verse Novel of “Sheikh Sanān” in Kurdish Folk Literature with the Narration of Mām Ahmad-e-Lotfi

Subject Areas : Islamic Mysticism

Nasrin Rukesh ¹ , Farhad Kakarash ² , Mehry Pakzad ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری تخصصی زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد مهاباد،دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مهاباد، ایران.
2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
3 - استادیارگروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد مهاباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مهاباد، ایران.

Received: 2021-02-22 Accepted : 2021-07-01 Published : 2022-09-23

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Abstract :

The foundations of mysticism and sufism are among the most important themes of Islamic culture, Persian and Kurdish literature which have been widely reflected in the works of great Kurdish literature and mysticism, especially in Kurdish folk literature. Mām Ahmad-e-Lotfi, one of the narrators of this story in the form of folklore (oral literature) named as "Beit-e-Kurdi"( Kurdish Verse) which is narrated under the influence of Attar’s Sheikh Sanān, but in terms of anthropology and sociology with a combination of Attar’s mysticism and mystical beliefs of the narrator's period and geography. He has presented a different mystique. This article has been written with the aim of considering the mystical components of the Verse Novel of “Sheikh Sanān” in Kurdish folk literature according to Mām Ahmad-e-Lotfi’s narration. The method of this research is descriptive-analytical method. The findings of the article show that the Kurdish story of Sheikh Sanān has some differences both in form and content, which indicates the cultural and strong influences and developments of mystical culture in various periods of history. Changes in important influential personalities and even some mystical rites are obvious.