Parsa

Parsa Tu’isirkani, ‘Abdulrahman (1909-1990), son of Shaykh Muhammad Rahim Tui’sirkani, writer, editor, and poet with the nom de plume Parsa, hailing from Tu’isirkan. His father was a distinguished belletrist and poet whose nom de plume was Majnun. Having received his primary and secondary education in his hometown, in Mazandaran and then Tehran, Parsa served as a teacher and Chief of Gendarmerie Investigation Bureau in the west of Iran, but he was later transferred to the Bimih Iran (Iran Insurance Company). He was the secretary and vice-president of the Literary Society and a permanent member of the Directorate of the Persian Academy from 1936-1940. A poet interested in social affairs and he vcomposed ghazals, he had a strong memory, and was knowledgeable in literature and history. He was a man of simple heart, fortitude, and honesty. He began composing poetry in his youth. He composed elegant ghazals and was vigorous in composing qit’as and quatrains. His poems appeared in newspapers and periodicals. His works include edition of the divans of Shahzadeh Afsar Sabzivari, Razi al-Din Artimani, and ‘Unsuri, Qaysar Namih of Adib Pishawari, and Tarikh-i Tu’isirkan. He also wrote a catalogue of the books preserved at the Library of the Sipahsalar School in Tehran. He also published numerous articles in literary periodicals. Parsa also composed the moral tales and proverbs of different nations of the world, some of which appeared within a period of six years in Gawhar journal. His unpublished divan runs to 10, 000 couplets.

Asar-afarinan (2, 114-115); Sukhanvaran-i Nami-yi Mu’asir (2, 708-713).