Two Consecutive Prepositions (A rare grammatical feature in Sh ā hnameh and several other texts)

In Shāhnameh and some Persian texts, there is a particular type of complex prepositions. The occurrence of two consecutive prepositions preceding a complement follows the Following pattern: preposition + preposition+ complement. In previous studies, six consecutive prepositions of ba bar, bar be, dar andar, dar be and ze dar have been recognized. The main purpose of this Pattern is to emphasize and reinforce the meaning. There are examples of the use of two successive prepositions from the fifth century to the contemporary times in the texts and most evidence are from the preposition bar be used in Yaghma-ye Jandaqi’s poetry. The history of this pattern goes back to Pahlavi’s language and texts. This pattern needs to be taken into consideration in the editing of Persian literary texts.