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Kalam-e Saranjam
Yarsani Scriptures
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The Kalam-e Saranjam (Discourse of Conclusion) is the central compilation of Yarsani sacred literature, gathering the kalams, long poetic compositions attributed to Sultan Sahak and to teachers of his circle and its successive generations. The Perdiwari kalams, associated most directly with Sultan Sahak himself, are considered the oldest and most authoritative layer. Composed and preserved chiefly in Gorani, an Iranian language distinct from the Kurmanji and Sorani forms of Kurdish spoken by most Yarsanis today, the kalams are, in Philip Kreyenbroek's description, difficult and allusive texts whose sense depends on oral transmission of the myths and narratives that surround them. Competence in reciting and interpreting them is concentrated among trained Sayyeds, and the texts are studied both informally within families and formally during religious gatherings, so access to their full meaning runs through a living line of teachers rather than through the text alone.
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Language DetailComposed and preserved chiefly in Gorani (Hawrami), an Iranian language distinct from the Kurmanji and Sorani forms of Kurdish spoken by most Yarsanis today. 1 Attributed Author / CompilerAttributed collectively to Sultan Sahak and to the teachers of his circle and successive generations of Sayyeds; the Perdiwari kalams, its oldest layer, are associated most directly with Sultan Sahak himself. 1 Text
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Mode of TransmissionPreserved and interpreted chiefly within hereditary lineages of trained Sayyeds; study takes place informally within families and formally during religious gatherings rather than through open publication, and the texts themselves are, in Philip Kreyenbroek's description, difficult and allusive compositions whose sense depends on the oral transmission of the myths and narratives that accompany them. 1 Structure
StructureA collection of kalams, long poetic compositions, organized by authorship layer; the Perdiwari kalams, attributed most directly to Sultan Sahak himself, are considered the oldest and most authoritative. 1 Disputed
Era of CompositionComposition began with the Perdiwari kalams associated with Sultan Sahak, placed provisionally in the fifteenth century CE, with further kalams composed by later teachers across the centuries that followed. 1 Sultan Sahak's own century is not independently fixed; see the origin-period fact on Yarsanism itself. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Yarsanism's central sacred literature.
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