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Poetic version of Hazrat Muhammad and Imam Ali’s concersation is a part of a manuscript entitled Khavaran Nameh [Hourami language] and is being kept at national library of Tehran. It is written in Nasta’ligh (Persian calligraphy) script in Hourami language in a 43- verse format. The poet is unknown; however, it was scribed in 1296 A.H by a person called Karim. This version narrates Rostam-e Zal fleeing from Imam Ali and his defeat against an Arab man in format of dialogue between Hazrat Muhammad and Imam Ali. This article attempts to meanwhile editing this version, translate and attach the transcription of words and the Hourami-Farsi glossary to it.