Erfaniyat Dar Adab Farsi

Projected indices of rulers’ characters are vividly shown in the mirror of Malekoshoaraye Bahar’s poem. Bahar, as the greatest poet of his time and as a voice of Iranian people, was able to express the nation’s expectations as well as to criticize and judge the rulers’ actions.  

He has an optimistic view towards the rulers of his time and combines the bitter advice and sweet eulogy to warn and to advise them in the hope of better future days. However, when the words don’t work, he removes the bawdy mask from the rulers’ faces and scandalizes them. Although his poems are overwhelmed with ugly pictures of rulers of his time, the clear positive picture of future is obviously seen. In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate Ghajar dynasty kings’ characters and performance in his viewpoint.