Shahid Beheshti University Journal of History of Literature 2008-7349 14 2 2021 12 22 The Necessity of Reprinting the Divan of Athir Akhsikati, Edited by Abbas Mahyar The Necessity of Reprinting the Divan of Athir Akhsikati, Edited by Abbas Mahyar 207 228 102240 10.52547/hlit.2022.226312.1106 FA Ahmad Behnami Assistant professor, Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-0903-6566 Journal Article 2022 03 05 Athir Akhsikati was a prominent poet of the sixth century AH whose Divan was published firstly in 1958 and afterward in 2019. As well as the mentioned editions' Dr. Abbas Mahyar has edited the Divan for his doctoral thesis. Considering Mahyar’s field of study and the fact that he had dedicated many years of his life to researching and editing this Divan, his edition represents a step forward. But it was as late as 2020 that his edition was published by Homeira Zomorrodi. The present article studies this recent edition of Athir Akhsikati’s Divan and compares it with two other editions. Because of the errors existing in these editions, especially the recent one, the paper concludes that re-editing this Divan seems necessary Athir Akhsikati was a prominent poet of the sixth century AH whose Divan was published firstly in 1958 and afterward in 2019. As well as the mentioned editions' Dr. Abbas Mahyar has edited the Divan for his doctoral thesis. Considering Mahyar’s field of study and the fact that he had dedicated many years of his life to researching and editing this Divan, his edition represents a step forward. But it was as late as 2020 that his edition was published by Homeira Zomorrodi. The present article studies this recent edition of Athir Akhsikati’s Divan and compares it with two other editions. Because of the errors existing in these editions, especially the recent one, the paper concludes that re-editing this Divan seems necessary https://hlit.sbu.ac.ir/article_102240_3f45e9de093d5b850e426e7977714196.pdf