Mohammad-Reza Shafi’i Kadkani,
Volume 1, Issue 3 (10-2004)
Abstract
In this article, first, the author introduces Abolhassan Kharghani – the great Iranian Sufi- in brief. Then, the remains of old language in Ghumis region (a part of the newly-established province of Semnan) will be sought. The old language of Ghumis has lived on in the words of Kharghani through a thousand years. This language manifests the differences between modern terms, verb structures and prefixes of Dari and those of Ghumis language dating a thousand years ago. Up to now, no study -neither Iranian nor Orientalist or European one- has been carried out on Ghumis language. Thus, this work can break the ground for such studies. The newly-discovered, yet old, sources of Maghamat– e Kharghani and Maghamat-e bayazid upon which this study builds have not been accessed by researchers.
