Abstract

Mutual cultural and literary relations among world nations, especially neighboring countries, have been customary and conventional. A prevalent relation, worth mentioning, could be that of Iran and Iraq. The contemporary Iraqi poet, Jameel Sedqi Zohawy (d.1936), possesses a particular status in this regard. The author tries to write about his life, works, views, style and position in contemporary Arab world, and also his competence in and familiarity with Persian language and literature. No doubt Zohawy's friendship with contemporary Iranian men of letter like the late poet laureate Bahar, his attendance in the congress for the millennium of “Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh” and presentation of Persian and Arabic poems in this congress, are studied in this article. Also stated in the article are some words on the Farsi poems of Jameel's father, Mula Mohammad Zohawy. The author believes that these topics are great steps in understanding literary and cultural cooperation of Persian language & literature with that of Arab and Muslim countries.