A Critical Review of Šāhnāme-ye Ḥaqīqat
Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 57-73
Naser Gozashteh, Seyed Kasra Heydari
Abstrakt This paper tries to review one of the written sources of Ahl-e ḥaqq, Šāhnāme-ye Ḥaqīqat. The author Neʻmatollāh Ğeyhūn-Ābādī mokri claims to have a thorough understanding of the beliefs and rituals of Ahl-e ḥaqq (dīn-e yārī). This critical review is based on comparing the content of the book with other official sources of Ahl-e ḥaqq. It is concluded that on the contrary to the claims of the author, his perspective is not the reflection of yāresān beliefs; and personal opinions have been combinated with the original beliefs in this book. This conclusion is based on a sentence-by-sentence comparison of Šāhnāme-ye Ḥaqīqat with the original texts and references of Yāresān such as Dīwān-a gowra and Daftar-e nowrūz, which are preserved in Kermānšāh, gahvāre, Tekye-ye ḥeydarī.