Reflection of Islamic Culture in the Naghali Scroll of Shahnameh Haft Lashkar

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Saravan Higher Education Complex. Saravan. Iran.

2 Graduate student/university of mashhad

10.22103/jis.2024.21266.2465

Abstract

Purpose: Naqali scrolls are a written form of Iranian folk epic narratives, primarily transcribed during the Safavid and Qajar eras, although the original narratives predate Islam. Despite their pre-Islamic origins, scribes incorporated a significant amount of Islamic culture into these narratives.
Method and Research: This study extracts and categorizes the Islamic culture present in the Naqali scroll known as the Shahnameh of Seven Armies. The scroll was chosen for its comprehensiveness in recounting numerous epic narratives and its prominence in being influenced by Islamic themes.
Findings and Conclusions: The research findings reveal that Islamic culture manifests in this scroll in several ways: connecting these narratives to the stories of prophets, incorporating Arabic-Islamic phrases into the characters' speech, embedding Shi'a Islamic ideas within the narratives, and portraying some characters as Muslims or converting to Islam. Based on this examination, it is evident that the narrator considered pre-Islamic Iranians to be Muslims and their army to be the army of Islam. Iranian characters spread Islam and call their enemies to Islam in their battles, and many of the demons convert to Islam in their fight against the Iranians. The characters of the stories are always mindful of God and never forget to supplicate and lament to Him. The narrator and storyteller of this scroll has theorized and Islamicized narratives that belong to pre-Islamic eras.

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Journal of Iranian Studies
Volume 23, Issue 46 - Serial Number 46
December 2024
Pages 527-547

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