Qabus bin Wushmgir: Gurgan ka adeeb hukmran aur us ka eentoon ka meenar
Shumal mashriqi Iran ke shehr Gumbad-e-Qabus mein ek teele par pakki eentoon ka ek buland meenar khara hai jo meeloon door se dikhai deta hai. Yeh meenar ek hazar baras se zyada pehle Ziyari khandan ke hukmran Qabus bin…

Shumal mashriqi Iran ke shehr Gumbad-e-Qabus mein ek teele par pakki eentoon ka ek buland meenar khara hai jo meeloon door se dikhai deta hai. Yeh meenar ek hazar baras se zyada pehle Ziyari khandan ke hukmran Qabus bin Wushmgir (Qabus ibn Wushmgir) ne apne maqbare ke taur par banwaya tha. Qabus ne Bahira-e-Caspian ke janubi sahili ilaqon Gurgan aur Tabaristan par do adwaar mein hukumat ki, pehli baar 977-978 se 981 tak aur doosri baar 997 se 1012 tak. Morikhin unhein un ki fauji kamyabiyon se zyada un ke ilm, shayari aur khattati ki wajah se yaad karte hain.
Ziyari khandan
Encyclopaedia Iranica ke mutabiq Ziyari khandan Bahira-e-Caspian ke sahili ilaqon ka ek chhota khandan tha jo 931 se taqriban 1090 tak qaim raha. Ibtida mein us ne shumali Iran ke kuch hisson par hukumat ki, aur baad mein us ki hukumat Tabaristan aur Gurgan tak mehdood ho gayi. Us ka daarul hukumat Gurgan (arabi mein Jurjan) tha.
Qabus ke walid Zahir-ud-Daula Wushmgir ne 935 se 967 tak hukumat ki. Iranica ke mutabiq "Wushmgir" ka lafzi matlab hai bater pakadne wala. 967 ke aakhir mein Wushmgir ek jangli suar ke hamle mein mare gaye.
Pehla daur-e-hukumat
Wushmgir ki wafat ke baad un ke bade bete Bistun hukmran bane aur 978 mein apni wafat tak hukumat karte rahe. Iranica ke mutabiq Bistun ki wafat ke baad Qabus ne un ke kam umr bete ko ek taraf kar ke takht sambhal liya. 978 aur 979 ke darmiyan Abbasi khalifa Al-Tai ne unhein "Shams-ul-Maali" ka azazi laqab diya, aur yahi laqab un ke naam ka hissa ban gaya.
Yeh pehla daur mukhtasar raha. Padosi Buwaihi hukmranon se talluqat kharab hue aur 980 aur 981 mein Qabus pehle Tabaristan aur phir Gurgan se mehroom ho gaye.
Satrah baras ki jila watani
Iranica ke mutabiq us ke baad Qabus ne Nishapur mein Samani governor ke han panah li aur taqriban satrah baras apne aabai ilaqe se door rahe. Yeh taweel jila watani un ki ilmi zindagi ke liye aham sabit hui. Iranica ke mutabiq Samaniyon ke darmiyan qiyam ne unhein Bukhara aur Nishapur ke namwar ahl-e-ilm se milne ka mauqa diya, aur isi talluq ne un ki shohrat ko mazboot kiya.
997 mein halaat badle aur Gurgan ke logon ki dawat par Qabus wapas aaye.
Doosra daur-e-hukumat
Iranica ke mutabiq Qabus ke doosre daur ke waqiyat maakhaz mein kam milte hain. Is arsay mein Ghazni ke sultan Mahmood se un ke talluqat rasmi aur mohtat rahe, aur Qabus ne kisi bairooni hukmran ki baladasti qubool kiye baghair apni hukumat barqarar rakhi. Un ke sikke Gurgan ki taksaal se jari hote the.
Iranica ke mutabiq un ka tarz-e-hukumat sakht tha aur isi sakhti se naraazi paida hui. Aakhirkar un ki fauj ne baghawat kar ke daarul hukumat par qabza kar liya aur un ke bete Manuchehr ko hukmran bana diya. Qabus ne Bistam ke maqam par iqtidar chhod diya, aur 1012 ki sardiyon mein baghiyon ke hathon un ki maut waqe hui.
Adeeb, shayar aur khattat
Iranica ke mutabiq Qabus Ziyari hukmranon mein sab se mashhoor hain, aur us ki wajah un ki ilmi aur adabi haisiyat hai. Woh arabi aur farsi donon zabanon ke aalim the aur donon mein sher kehte the. Khat o kitabat ke insha-i uslub mein un ki maharat mashhoor thi, aur un ki arabi tehriron (rasail) ka ek majmua aaj bhi maujood hai. Woh ek mahir khattat bhi samjhe jate the aur ilm-e-nujoom mein bhi dilchaspi rakhte the.
Gyarahvin sadi ke adeeb Thaalabi ne unhein ek mumtaz adeeb, aalim aur ahl-e-ilm ka sarparast qarar diya hai.
Al-Biruni aur Ibn-e-Sina
Qabus ke darbar se do bade scientistoon ke naam jude hue hain. Iranica ke mutabiq mashhoor aalim Abu Rehan Al-Biruni (al-Biruni) Qabus ke dobara takht sambhalne ke kuch hi arsa baad un ke darbar mein aaye, aur taqriban 1000 mein apni kitab "Al-Athar al-Baqiya" mukammal kar ke Qabus ke naam maanoon ki. Yeh kitab mukhtalif qaumon ke calendaroon, taqweem aur tehwaroon ki tareekh par hai.
Ibn-e-Sina (Avicenna) 1013 mein Khwarazm chhod kar Qabus ki sarparasti ki umeed mein Gurgan pahunche, magar Iranica ke mutabiq us waqt tak Qabus ka intiqal ho chuka tha.
Gumbad-e-Qabus
Qabus ki sab se numayan yaadgar un ka maqbara hai, jise Gumbad-e-Qabus (Gonbad-e Qabus) kaha jata hai. Iranica ke mutabiq Qabus ne 1006 aur 1007 ke darmiyan khud us ki tameer ki nigrani ki.
UNESCO ke mutabiq yeh meenar 53 meter buland hai aur baghair rogan ki pakki eentoon se bana hai. Andar se khokhla yeh belan numa meenar neeche se upar ki taraf halka sa patla hota jata hai; us ka qutar neeche 17 meter aur upar sade pandrah meter hai, aur choti par eentoon ki makhrooti chhat hai. Us ka naqsha das konoon wale sitare ki shakl ka hai, jis se bairooni deewar par das ubhre hue push-te bante hain. Meenar ke gird Kufi khat mein do katbe hain jin mein Qabus ko us ka bani aur 1006 ko saal-e-tameer bataya gaya hai.
UNESCO ke mutabiq yeh meenar apni geometry aur sirf eentoon ki deewaron ke sahare itni bulandi hasil karne ki wajah se ibtidai Islami daur ke fan-e-tameer ka shahkar hai, aur us ki makhrooti chhat wali shakl baad mein Iran, Anatolia aur wasti Asia mein banne wale maqbara meenaroon ka namoona bani. UNESCO yeh bhi batata hai ke qadeem shehr Jurjan, jo kabhi ilm o fan ka markaz tha, baad ki sadiyon mein barbad ho gaya aur ab us ki wahid baqi nishani yahi meenar hai. Aaj ka shehr Gumbad-e-Qabus beesvin sadi ke awail mein isi meenar ke gird aabad hua. 2012 mein ise aalami wirse ki fehrist mein shamil kiya gaya.
Qabus Nama
Qabus ka naam farsi adab ki ek mashhoor kitab se bhi jura hai. Iranica ke mutabiq un ke pote Unsur-ul-Maali Kaikaus bin Iskandar ne, jo Ziyari khandan ke aakhri maaloom afraad mein se the, gyarahvin sadi mein naseehaton ki ek kitab likhi aur ise apne mashhoor dada ke naam par "Qabus Nama" kaha. Is kitab mein ek baap apne bete ko aadab-e-zindagi, hukumat, tijarat aur mukhtalif peshon ke bare mein mashwaray deta hai, aur us ka angrezi tarjuma "A Mirror for Princes" ke naam se shaya hua.
Wirsa
Qabus ki hukumat ek chhote ilaqe tak mehdood rahi, magar un ka naam teen hawaloon se aaj bhi zinda hai: Al-Biruni ki woh kitab jo un ke naam maanoon hui, un ke pote ki "Qabus Nama", aur Gurgan ke maidan mein khara woh eentoon ka meenar jise UNESCO ibtidai Islami fan-e-tameer ka shahkar qarar deta hai.
Maakhaz
- C. E. Bosworth, "Ziyarids", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2010. https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ziyarids/
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre, "Gonbad-e Qabus" (inscribed 2012). https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1398/
- Kay Kavus b. Eskandar, Qabus-nama, trans. Reuben Levy as A Mirror for Princes, London, 1951 (title and authorship as given by Iranica). https://archive.org/details/qabus-nama-english-levy-1951
- Wikipedia, "Qabus" (pointer only: first reign from 977, return to Gorgan in 998, coin minted at Jurjan). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qabus







