سپه‌سالار و رساله او در مناقب خداوندگار

Sepahsalar and his Resale onManaqebKhodavandgar

مقاله پيش رو، حاوي نكاتي پيرامون فريدون بن احمد اسفهسالار (سپه‌سالار) و رساله مشهور او پيرامون زندگي و شرح احوال مولانا جلال‌الدين محمد بلخي است. سپه‌سالار تنها شرح حال نويسي است كه به گفته خود چهل سال سر بر آستان مولانا داشته است و از ميان معاصران تنها او به شرح و تقرير روي‌دادهاي زندگي مولانا اقدام كرده است. اين مقاله ضمن معرفي صاحب رساله و ريشه‌يابي در وجوه تسميه لقب «سپه‌سالار» و نيز لقب ديگر او «چلبي» و بازجست شواهدي در اشعار تركي و فارسي به معرفي مختص مندرجات رساله سپه‌سالار مي‌پردازد.

This article is concerned withFeridun B. Ahmad Sepahsalar and his famous treatise about the life of Moulana Jalal al-Din Mohammad Balkhi. Sepahsalaris the only biographer who according to his own words has spent 40 years in Moulana’s presence and among his contemporaries, he alone undertook the task of writing life occurences of his master. Apart from introducing the owner of Resale and finding the origin of the title Sepahsalar and his other title Chalabi, and searching for evidences in Persian and Turkish poetry as to his true character, this article concentrates on the content of Sepahsalar’s Resale.