Abban Ibn Abd al-Hamid Laheqi and Recreation of Pahlavi Writings

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 6, October 2012   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v4i6.16279

Abstract

Recovering a part of the lost identity of Iranian language and culture, the Abbasid period is considered to have played an important role in Persian language and history. The Nationalist movement came to its maximum power in this period. The Nationalists tried to prove the Iranian talent the ancient Persian civilization through a direct conflict by sword or pen. Although both politics faced a systematic failing, they had a massive influence on the recreation and maturity of ancient Persian language and culture.
Abban Ibn Abd al-Hamid Laheqi ,originally from an Iranian stock, and Arabic speaking , among all, played a substantial role in this course, versifying many important Arabic works of history, epic, ethics and education related to Pre-Islamic Iran like Kalila wa Dimna, Anoshirvan ‘s Biography , karnameh e Ardeshir, Book of Mazdak(mardak), Sandbadnameh and Bloher wa boozasf.
The present study seeks to understand Abban’s basic motives to versify the books belonging to ancient Iran, having a glance at his biography and artistic background.
Abban seems to have intended, like Ibn al-Muqaffa’ and many other Abbasid period Persian patriots, to renew the ancient Persian dogma and culture through Arabic Language.

Keywords

Abban Ibn Abd al-Hamid Laheqi; versified translation; Pahlavi writings; patriotism