Mufradat: The oldest Persian grammar in Anatolia (a work with the aim of teaching Persian correctly)

Mufardat is a prose work by Ahmad Da'i - a writer and poet of the 8th and 9th centuries of Hijri - which was written for the purpose of teaching the Persian language correctly. This work can be considered the oldest Persian grammar written in Anatolia. This work includes four parts: 1. Nouns 2. Verbs 3. morphology, 4. Letters. The first part is actually a dictionary that provides Turkish equivalents of Persian names. The second part is an alphabetical dictionary that includes the Turkish equivalent of Persian verbs. In these two sections, the Turkish equivalent of Persian words is written below them. In the third part, Persian morphology is discussed and in the fourth part, Persian letters are discussed. In this article, along with a general introduction to the influence of the Persian language in Anatolia, a brief discussion about the tradition of writing grammar in Persian literature, especially in Anatolia, is discussed. Then, along with getting to know the author's life and works, the different chapters of Mufradat are explained.