Two Images of Akhi Faraj Zanjani

Document Type : index

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Faculty member of Zanjan University

10.29252/kavosh.2005.2314

Abstract

According to some very short reports on Akhi Faradg Zanjani’s benefactory manners, he was a stingy and prejudiced hermit who favored people as much as their religious faith. For instance, he once humiliated an uninvited non-muslim guest so harshly in a charity party. This is semantically in contrast with his adopted title "Akhi" which categorizes him as a generous man who believes hard in hospitality and forgiveness. The paradoxes in his character may be accounted for in two ways. First, the reports about his character might be false. Second, the literature reporting on “Abu-al- Faradg” rather than “Akhi Faradg” might be of truth.

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