نوع مقاله : ترجمه
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار مطالعات دینی دانشگاه نیاگارا
2 دانشگاه خلیج فارس بوشهر. دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی. گروه معارف اسلامی
3 گروه تاریخ دانشگاه شیراز
چکیده
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
As the first Safavid monarch, Shah Ismail Safevi (d. 1524)
established a dynasty that ushered Iran into the eighteenth century as a
predominately Shî’î state. Shah Ismail remains a controversial figure of
Islamic history, as evidence suggests that he promoted himself as semi-divine
incarnation. This article explores the Turkish minstrel tale (hikâye) of Shah
Ismail. The hikâye is a type of oral narrative that, in this case, is based on a
historical figure who promoted himself as a messianic figure. By the time
Shah Ismail’s hikâye began to circulate in the seventeenth century, however,
this belief had largely dissipated. While Shah Ismail’s hikâye conforms to the
structure of the genre, certain episodes of this cycle reveal the influence of
outside sources, including European reports, Safavid chronicles, and Safavid
legendary biographies. Despite the apparent basis in history, Shah Ismail’s
hikâye demonstrates a remarkable transformative ability. Feared as a ruthless despot during his lifetime, Shah Ismail becomes a poetic maestro in the
hikâye, with his sword replaced by his saz, the banjo-like stringed instrument
that is the weapon of choice for Shah Ismail’s new persona of folk hero
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