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A research on trial by ordeal in Balochistan. CFL 2017; 5 (16) :19-38
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Trial by ordeal, was kind of a divine sacred oath that in the ancient Iran used during a difficult and obscure trials for the proceedings. This kind of oath was done by fire or water. So that, in the presence of priests, if proven not guilty, the charged person with special traditions was forced to go into fire or water, or that one of his limbs with thorny fiery object was touched to prove his innocence. During the inauguration, If fire or water did not harm the defendant. His innocence was proved. The way to do this ordeal and the related terminologies indicates very common that is widely used in Balochistan. In the Balochi story "shahdad and Mahnaz ", Mahnaz is one of the two main hero of the story, she was charged with an illegitimate relationship, as Siavash in Shahnameh gives the oath of fire. After the ceremony and the oath Procedures, she proudly comes out of the fire. This unknown Iranian story is scalable with the story of Siavash in Shahnameh. In this article in addition to a comparison of the two stories are that made, vocabularies and common phrases in the trial by ordeal in the Balochi language are mentioned with correct meaning
Trial by ordeal, was kind of a divine sacred oath that in the ancient Iran used during a difficult and obscure trials for the proceedings. This kind of oath was done by fire or water. So that, in the presence of priests, if proven not guilty, the charged person with special traditions was forced to go into fire or water, or that one of his limbs with thorny fiery object was touched to prove his innocence. During the inauguration, If fire or water did not harm the defendant. His innocence was proved. The way to do this ordeal and the related terminologies indicates very common that is widely used in Balochistan. In the Balochi story "shahdad and Mahnaz ", Mahnaz is one of the two main hero of the story, she was charged with an illegitimate relationship, as Siavash in Shahnameh gives the oath of fire. After the ceremony and the oath Procedures, she proudly comes out of the fire. This unknown Iranian story is scalable with the story of Siavash in Shahnameh. In this article in addition to a comparison of the two stories are that made, vocabularies and common phrases in the trial by ordeal in the Balochi language are mentioned with correct meaning
Keywords: trial by ordeal, Ordeal in Iran, Ordeal in Balochistan, Ordeal in Balochi and Persian literature, The story of Shahdad and Mahnaz
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Received: 2016/02/23 | Accepted: 2017/09/1 | Published: 2017/09/23
Received: 2016/02/23 | Accepted: 2017/09/1 | Published: 2017/09/23
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