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Review of the Significance of Number "Three" in Khaqaniʹs Poetry Book

The background leading to the significance of numbers in the phenomenon known as sacredness has roots in the thoughts of people from the primitive communities. From quite a very long time ago, mankind has believed in the magical characteristic of numbers and as a result throughout the past centuries, it has in certain cases paid attention to some of the numbers as if they are truly sacred. Not only has this phenomenon appeared and been expressed in the folkloric culture of human communities, but it has also emerged and been expressed in different fields of their literature too. Different world nations have underlined specific numbers regarding the primitive myths of their civilization and even blessed it as a sacred thing. As a result, different schools have been established; while each one has regulated its own particular ideology based on introducing a particular number as sacred. This issue has paved the way for the penetration of some of the most prominent and somehow sacred numbers into literature. In this respect, we can witness the vast reflection of certain numbers in the scope of Persian literature; while its frequency varies depending on the time and also the geographical position. This article intends to survey the historical background of the significance of number "three" and its function in Khaqaniʹs book of poetry.