About the life of Masoud Saad Salman
Massoud Saad SalmanOne of the good poets of the 5th and 6th centuries of Hijri Massoud Saad Salman It is possible that most of his poems were in the form of odes and the rest of them were in the form of quatrains and pieces. He was born in a rich family and died in 515 AH.
An abstract of Masoud Saad Salman's biography:
Full name: Amir Saeed Doulah Abul Najam Masoud Saad Salman
Date of birth: 438 AH
Place of birth: Lahore
Reason for fame: poet, calligrapher, writer and horse expert
Poetry style: mostly in the form of odes and the rest in quatrains and pieces
Death: 515 AH
Biography of Masoud Saad SalmanBiography of Masoud Saad Salman:
Amir Saeed al-Dawlah Abu al-Najm Masoud Saad Salman was born in Lahore between 438 and 440 AH. His origin and ancestors go back to the city of Hamedan and his father and ancestors were all known as nobles and scholars of their time. Masoud Saad was born in a rich family, and his father was one of the brokers of Ghaznavi, who also had a hand in writing poetry.
The Ghaznavid period is considered to be one of the golden times in Persian literature because this family supported poets and writers in all aspects. Sultan Mahmud is one of the first independent rulers who was very interested in Persian language and literature. He did many things in this way, so that there were 400 poets around him.
The Ghaznavid government owns many efforts in the Samani period that were made to support science and culture. In this period, in addition to Masoud Saad Salman, we witness the presence of famous poets such as Abolqasem Hasan Ferdowsi, Enrati Balkhi, Farkhi Sistani, Manouchehri Damghani, Masoud Saad Salman, etc. The same topic can fully show the friendship of the Ghaznavid kings. Of course, it should be noted that many believe that during this period, poetry was used as a luxury item, which should be composed according to the indicators of the subject, the poems had a courtly structure, and the poet and Mamdouh enjoyed this.
The service of Masoud Saad Salman in the Ghaznavid court:
According to his father's order, Masoud Saad entered the palace to serve in the service of Sultan Ibrahim. After some time, Sultan Ibrahim ordered this poet to be appointed to the service of the son of Saif al-Dawlah Mahmud, who was one of the governors of India. Reza Qoli Khan says about him in Majma Al-Fasha: “He was a noble, unique and virtuous Safi Zamir on the day of war, he was a lion, an enemy of hunting and on the day of a goat he was shy, a burden of dinars.” On this basis, Masoud had a prominent presence in wars and conquests along with famous commanders, and was praised by the poets of his age, so that “with a quatrain and a piece, he gave caravans of blessings to the pilgrims.” Of course, Masoud was not very successful and with Mehri was met by the people around him.
About the life of Masoud Saad SalmanAsylum and prison of Masoud Saad Salman:
Masoud Saad Salman spent some time composing poetry, but he faced the enmity of the envious and narrow-minded people of the court, so that the anger of Saif al-Dawlah Mahmud and the misunderstanding of Sultan Ibrahim that Masoud had become a refugee at the court of Malik Shah were provoked, and finally he was sentenced to prison. .
This poet spent 10 years of his life in prison by the order of Sultan Ibrahim, so that during the reign of Sultan Ibrahim of Ghaznavi, Sultan Masoud II, he spent 7 years in Dehak prison and three years in Qala Nai prison, which is now in Karabagh district. It is located in Ghazni Province. This poet sings about this era:
He himself sings in this context:
Seven years old, so and tithe
After that, Nai Castle for three years
Masoud Saad Salman chose to remain silent during this time, his prison time made him sing self-sacrificing songs to ask for forgiveness from the Sultan. After his release, he was trusted by the Sultan's government, but the system of the times was not very compatible with him, so he again faced the complaints and intrigues of the jealous people and went to prison.
This time, he was imprisoned for the crime of joining Sultan Malik Shah Seljuq, who was one of the rivals of the Ghaznavid rulers at that time. This issue caused him to go to Maranj Castle for eight years and be imprisoned by the order of Sultan Alaa al-Dawlah Masoud. In a corner of the prison, he sings poems that became known as poems of imprisonment. With these poems, he tried to force the courtiers to waive their punishment.
This hard period caused Masoud Salman to display the beautiful face of his poems for future generations, so that he is considered one of the talented poets. After he was released from prison, he went to the royal office to become a librarian and continued to perform his eulogies.
This poet is known as a militant poet because of his hard years and also the long prisons he had in different periods of the Ghaznavid dynasty. This poet has so beautifully expressed the feelings, images and imaginations used in his poems that he shows the atmosphere of the prison to the ruler of the time to a significant extent, and also glorifies the miserable life of the nobles and the people of science, knowledge and wisdom. .
Masoud Saad Salman, a poet of the 5th century AHPoetry style of Masoud Saad Salman:
Masoud Saad Salman's poems are in the form of odes and quatrains, on the other hand, the lyrics of this poet have beautiful content and themes that impress the reader. He spent more than 18 years of his life in prison, during which time he wrote sad and beautiful poems that are still appreciated by the audience after several centuries.
Masoud Saad Salman has a special style and innovation in his poems, which has attracted the attention of sultans in the form of odes and quatrains. His poems are now available in the form of a divan and there are several corrections about it. For the first time, Rashid Yasmi corrected this court in 1318.
In the linguistic aspects, the old signs of the language that have become very faint are clearly visible in the poems of this poet, which are very close to the use of literary arts and Arabic words. In his literary features, he has innovations in the form of (Mastzad and Shahr Ashob), imaginary forms (types of metaphors, virtual documents) and descriptions and uses. Also, his poems have non-sensual similes and many variations in images and descriptions, all these These are among the efforts of this poet to create a personal style.
It should be mentioned that in the intellectual aspect of his poems, Masoud Saad added a new content to the ode to invent a type of confinement and good fortune, which is noticed and imitated by many people. On the other hand, he is special among other poets by having a deep emotional feeling.
The things mentioned have had an impact on changing the position of this poet from a poet who imitates work to a poet who has an effective and new style.
The works of Masoud Saad SalmanThe style of Masoud Saad Salman's poems according to elders:
The poetic style of this poet is such that it surpasses the style of the poets before him and in a way he intended to guarantee and imitate those speakers. In terms of time, this poet is in the Bayanbini period, and according to Khosrow Farshidvard, a literary critic, it is described as follows: “The eloquence of his language is not the eloquence of the Khorasani school of poetry, nor the eloquence of the Iraqi school, but belongs to his own era and language.”
About Masoud Abdul Hossein Zarinkoub's poems, he says: “Masoud has power and skill in inventing new combinations, similes and descriptions. He is also proud of himself in this sense and often mentions in his poetry the superiority he has over most of his contemporaries.
Abdul Ali Fakuri, who was one of the cultural activists of Ghazni, states that Masoud Saad Salman did not lose his motivation despite the long prison terms during the Ghaznavid Pasha period, and after his release, despite many hardships in life and prison, he was not afraid of being imprisoned again. And he praised the kings of Ghazni and was accepted by the kings, but this period of his life did not have a significant shine in his life, what makes him a distinguished poet in the memory of the history of Ghazni, Afghanistan and the entire civilization of the Persian language is years. that he is in prison, where he wrote bitter and stinging poems about the times, the times and the sad condition of the lives of the intellectuals and intellectuals of that era.
In the poems of Masoud Saad Salman, longing, despair, sadness, tears and sighs, bone-breaking complaints and excruciating pain and slander from the past and present wave. Poems that show a bitter and fighting face of him.
This surviving quartet of Masoud Saad Salman has been a good example of his condition at that time:
Every time I rent a castle
Make a note of it and leave it to me
I don't put my milk in the plains and bushes
My bike is on a chain
The works of Masoud Saad Salman:
Poems:
The odes of this poet have the Khorasani style, which are often in praise of the Ghaznavid kings, and have a simple and fluent expression. These poems show that he was familiar with mathematics. On the other hand, some Indian words appear in his poems. Masoud has diwans in Persian, Arabic and Indian languages.
Farsi Diwan:
The Persian divan of this poet had nearly 18 thousand verses, which, apart from odes, also has ghazals and quartets, masnavis, pieces and chistans.
Arab Diwan:
There is nothing from his Arabic divan except some Arabic verses in Hadaiq al-Sahar fi minut al-sha'ar.
Indian Court:
There is no trace of his Indian divan.
Death of Masoud Saad Salman:
Massoud Saad Salman should spend 18 years of his precious life in prison because of the slander and defamation that the envious and enemies threw at him. When his imprisonment was over, he had lost his youth and finally died in 515 AH.
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