The stylistic evaluation of Qesasol Khaghani by Vali Gholi Beig Shamloo

Abstract

The “Qesasol khaghani”(Stories of Khaghani) contains the brief history of Safavid till the end of king Abbas the second, especially it speaks in detail about conquering Kandehar and resisting after, against Shah Jahan Gurkani’s army. This book also describes the biography of some scholars and scientists and includes many political orders and correspondences. This study tries to examine the written style through an explanatory-analytical method and achieve evaluation in critical stylistic by three levels: Linguistic, literary, intellectual. At the level of linguistic , the usage of prefix verbs , compound verbs, post continuous tense and at the level of literary, the usage of frequent adjective, genitive, rhyme are mostly observed. At the level of the intellectual, there are specific attention on important historical events, the rules of kings’ courts and the personal thoughts of Vali Gholi Beik. Also we can see this person by his talent and siding Shah Abbas the second is trying to achieve glory and privilege

Keywords

• style
• stylistics
• history
• khaghani
• vali gholi beig shamloo