Representation of the spiritual elements of ancient Iran in the poems of Hakim Omar Khayyam

Document Type : Scientific

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1 mohagheghe ardabili

2 Faculty of Archeology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University

10.22103/jis.2023.18729.2272

Abstract

One of the most important tools for transmitting cultural heritage and preserving the works of the past is literature, and it should be said that part of the cultural elements of Islamic Iran was influenced by ancient Iran, traces of which can be seen in literary texts of this period. To examine the spiritual elements of ancient Iran, which include philosophy and religion, rituals, myths and all the intangible phenomena that are somehow reminiscent of that time and reflected in Khayyam's poetry. Ferdowsi embodies the ancient beliefs of the Ismailis and Khorramdins in Khayyam's poetry, music, wine ceremonies, and the manifestation of ancient Iranian mythology in Khayyam's poetry. He himself is an Iranian poet for composing, under the influence of Khorasan style epics as well as historical proximity to the revival of Iranian civilization during the Samanids and the rise of Qaramata and the Ismailis during the poet's lifetime, who himself was influenced by ancient Iran. These poems reflect themes It is a myth and ancient that has reached the age of the poet in the form of literature and through a series of cultural continuity.

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Journal of Iranian Studies

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 23 August 2023

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