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Sa'id Nafisi's critical edition of Rashid-al-din Vatvat's Divan is up-to-date and the only available edition of the poet's Divan. It is also the only edition presented to academic assemblies. This book was published by Barani library in Tehran in 1960. This edition despite many advantages especially in terms of gathering almost all the poems attributed to Rashid-al-din Vatvat, contains plenty of errors and flaws and some inserted poems from other contemporary or subsequent poets to Rashid-al-din Vatvat. Some scholars have already pointed out some of these errors and deficiencies in their published research papers. These scholars have also stressed the need for a new critical edition of this precious heritage from 12th century AH based on newly-found sources and the poet's style of poetry. This paper also highlights fourteen important errors in Sa'id Nafisi's edition of Rashid-al-din Vatvat's Divan based on eleven old manuscripts and handwritten anthologies from previous centuries. This study not only can collaborate and contribute to enriching studies related to Rashid-al-din Vatvat and Persian literary manuscript analysis, critical edition studies, and textual analysis but also can help scholars and researchers of Persian language and literature to solve other complexities in other Persian literary texts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Editing manuscripts is the most fundamental type of research in academic research. Taleb-e Amoli is among the most well-known poets in the eleventh century AH. His sonnets, which include more than half of his songs, contain nearly 13000 verses. Although Taheri Shahab (in 1968) has corrected and published Taleb-e-Amoli's Divan (collection), in order to correct, it is necessary to use all the authentic sources and copies available. Issues such as not using numerous available manuscripts, not reporting inaccurate versions and alternatives in the printed version, and wrong selections lead the authors of this paper while introducing a valid manuscript not used in the previous correction of this work, to criticize and investigate the previous correction of the book. This re-examination attempts to address some of these shortcomings and misreading by researching the text and using the new manuscript. As a result of the present study, a number of new sonnets and verses were added to Taleb’s collection. This completes the shortcomings of the printed version as far as possible. Recording the duplicate version and some new vocabulary is another result of this study. In addition, research into the work makes a new introduction to the stylistic features of Taleb's sonnets and other related topics to be made easier for scholars of Persian poetry and literature to ensure proper judgment and interpretation about Taleb's collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]