A Kind of suspicious numeral in The History of Beyhaqi

Numeral adjectives include cardinal, ordinal, distributive and fractional ones, According to the type of the numeral adjective, the position of the numerals and the enumerated nouns are determined in a way that the numeral sometimes precedes the enumerated noun and sometimes follows it in using cardinal numbers, the numeral usually precedes the enumerated noun. But sometimes, for the sake of certain reasons, the enumerated noun precedes the numeral. Although, poetic necessity determines this transposition in some cases, it is not the main behind that because in prose works we can also find evidence of such transpositions. When the enumerated noun precedes the numeral, it is sometimes accompanied by the indefinite or unity "ی" which implies approximation in this case the numeral is considered as a suspicious numeral, i.e. a numeral which does not show any certain or fixed number. The history of Beyhaqi is ample with this kind of numeral. The most famous vague numerals in this book include: suspicions numerals are used in the case of vagueness and uncertainty. One kind of these numerals is used in "the history of Beyhaqi" in which the indefinite enumerated noun precedes the numeral. In this book, this structure has been used more than eighty times. The precedence of the indefinite enumerated noun over the numeral occurs in different ways, including: - Indefinite enumerated noun + numeral. - Indefinite enumerated noun + numeral + adjective. - Indefinite enumerated noun + numeral + numeral. According to some of the authorities, in all these cases, suspicions numeral implies approximation and estimation, but sometimes text commentators did not attend to this concept. The high frequency of this kind of numeral in "the history of Beyhaqi" represents the fact that Beyhaqi did not transpose numerals and enumerated nouns for the sake of having fun or speech fineness. In most cases, his intention is to convey the approximation, estimation and sometimes humiliation. Anyway, one of the points relating to his precision, subtlety and description power on the one hold and to his honesty in recording and narrating events on the other, is using numbers and numerals in high frequency the is seeking to write in a careful manner and without any deficiencies. For this reason wherever there is no possibility for him to access precise and calculated statistics, he uses suspicions numerals investigating this kind of numeral in "The history of Beyhaqi" shows that: Firstly: Although using this kind of numeral was precedent to Beyhaqis time, its high frequency in this book is outstanding and significant. Secondary: The concept and meaning behind this numeral are hot attended to by all those who are concerned in duding the commentators. Thirdly: The great application of this numeral in this book can be deemed as a factor used in verifying Beyhaqis speech and chronology power and his honesty.