Some historical sources of miraculous stories in Janganame Atashi Shirazi

Jangannameh, written by Mirza Hassan Atashi Shirazi (13th century AH), is a poem in Farsi about the battles of Imam Ali (a.s.) and the successors of the Shia imams, and it is one of the religious epics, half of which is written in Bahr Mutaqar and the other half in The format of the poem is written and the exact date of its composition is not known. This work is among the works of popular literature and was written under the influence of the thoughts and emotions of the masses of people, and from this point of view, examining the historical sources of its stories will be worthy of attention in order to understand the thoughts ruling the minds of the general public in the 13th century of Hijri.

The work method is descriptive-analytical and it was done with library tools. In this essay, the researcher is looking for the answer to the question, from what sources did Atashi get the stories of this war book?

In composing this work, the poet has used ancient historical sources, verses, traditions and stories, as well as some stories that were popular among the common people during the poet's time. In the meantime, he also mentioned stories that have no historical roots and seem to be made up by the minds of the common people and storytellers.

The author has taken the famous historical stories such as the Battle of Kheyber, the story of Umar ibn Abdud, and the birth of Hazrat Rasool from various ancient sources, and he has taken the fictitious stories of the battle with demons and dragons from storytellers and common people.