homāyun-nāma (tārikh-e manẓum-e zojāji): a codicological and historical study

versified historiography as a style of historiographycame into being in 6th/12th century iran through imitating ferdowsi’sshāhnāma and reached its height in mongol era. consequently, in less than a century, more than ten versified histories were composed including one of the most famous one, ẓafar-nāma ofḥamd-allāhmostawfi. but it was zojājitabrizi who composed the first versified history, homāyun-nāma, in early ilkhanid period. these versified histories in general and homāyun-nāma in particular have been ignored mostly in ilkhanid historiography and scholarship. besides remaining unknown, there are some misunderstandings in few observations which have been done about homāyun-nāma, including its recent edition. this article begins with a brief introduction about the work and its composer, investigates some historical misunderstandings about it and throws light on its importance in persian literature and historiography