The Classification and Study of Prose Style Mystic and Philosophical Texts of the Qajar Era

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One of the subjects which proceeded on Iranian cultural domain in the Qajar era was philosophical and mystic issues. Due to the presence of most of the elites in Tehran in the Qajar era, a circle was formed in the domain of philosophical and mystic thoughts, titled the school of Tehran. The important people of this school of thought produced miscellaneous works of philosophy and mysticism, most of which are in Persian. Thus, they proved the capacity of Persian language in conveying philosophical and mystic thoughts. Furthermore, the works presented the capacity of the language in associating the profound concepts of thoughts. This paper studies the characteristics of prose, and thematically classifies the prominent texts of the Qajar era on the aforementioned subjects.

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