The use of hadiths in most (ancient) texts by Persian literary writers is clearly visible due to the importance of expressing concepts. The book Nafsat al-Masdur by Shahab al-Din Zaydari Nasavi (628-617 AH) is one of the most prominent historical-literary texts of the Khwarizm Shahi era. In this work, hadiths have a special place alongside Quranic verses, poems, and Arabic proverbs. Nasavi has relied on various types of citations and adaptations of verses and hadiths in different parts of the book, documenting and justifying his chronicle with them. This article attempts to answer the question using a descriptive-analytical method through a verbal and content study of the work: Did Nasavi rely on hadiths to strengthen his sad sayings in proving the treachery of the agents of Jalal al-Din Khwarizm Shah during the Mongol invasion? In addition to determining the mental sources of Nasvi in his passive response to the calamity of the Mongol invasion, drawing thematic correlations of the agents' betrayals along with its visual network and matching them with the characteristics of how the hadiths were adapted, it analyzes the historical themes of the end of the Khwarazmshahi period. In addition, identifying the perspectives and lessons learned from the historical themes of Nafsat al-Masdur helps the reader to easily distinguish hadiths from sayings and proverbs that are often confused with each other while reading the text.
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