Correction Some Distortions and Falsifications in Aghraz Al-Seyasah by Emphasizing on Meshkat᾿s Transcript

Abstract

Aghraz Al-Seyasah Fi A'araz Al-Reyasah, authored by Zahiry Samarghandy has become one of the excellent and outstanding old prose texts, because of containing technical, political, social, philosophical, didactic, and ethical teachings and addressing governance practices. These practical and miscellaneous teachings have led to frequent transcriptions and insertion of significant distortions and falsifications into the text of the mentioned book. Jaafar Sheảr by having in hand four manuscripts of Aghraz Al-Seyasah but without benefitting all of them (specially Meshkảt᾿s transcript) has corrected and printed it in many cases mentioned the manuscript᾿s differences. Furthermore, negligence in trusteeship towards manuscripts, especially the base manuscript, hastiness in correction, and the weakness and indifference in typesetting have inserted some other distortions, falsifications, and errors in the aforesaid book. This study has tried to countercheck the printed copy of Aghraz Al-Seyasah with the base and Meshkảt᾿s manuscript, and then by comparing some phrases of it with the other works of Zahiry Samarghandy (Sandbadnameh and Ghorrat–al-Alfaz wa Nozhat-al-Alhaz) and writer᾿s stylistic norms analyze and correct some distortions falsifications and errors in the printed text of Aghraz Al-Seyasah.

Keywords

• zahiry samarghandy
• aghraz al-seyasah
• manuscripts
• distortion and falsification
• stylistic norms and emendation