«YuSUF VA ZULAYKhO» yake az dostonhoi mashhuri ishqii adabiyoti fors-tojik va khalqhoi digari Sharqi Miyonavu Nazdik. Dar on az Yusuf — pisari paygambar Yaqub sukhan meravad, ki barodaronash az hasad ba choh andokhtandash va ba padar kurtai ba khuni kabutar oludaro nishon doda, uro bovar kunondand, ki Yusufro gurg khurdaast. Yusufro az choh korvoniyon. ozod karda, ba aziz — hukmroni Misr ba gulomi furukhtand. Zani azizi Mysr — Zulaykho ba Yusuf dil bast, vale Yusuf ishqi uro rad kard. Pas az vafoti azizi Misr Yusuf sohibi takht shud va bo padaru barodaronash vokhurd.
Manobei qadimi dastrasshudai in qissa «Tavrot» va «Quron» meboshand. Dar adabiyoti fors-tojiki a.10 ba in qissa Abulmuayyadi Balkhi, Bakhtiyori, Amaqi Bukhoroi murojiat kardaand. Ba Firdavsi in guna asarro nisbat dodaand, vale isbot shudaast, ki on moli Amoni nom shoirest. Badi a. 11 dar in mavauz masnavihoi Masudi Khiravi, Masudi Dehlavi, Ozarii Tusi, Masudi Qummi ba vujud omad. Dar a. 15 Jomi «Yu. va 3.» navisht. Minbad shuaroi ziyode ba asari Jomi payravi kardand. A-hoi 15—19 dar Eron va Movarounnahru Khuroson Mavjii Badakhshi, Salimi Tabrezi, Mulloshohi Badakhshi, Muqimoi Sherozi, Nomii Isfahoni, Nozimi Hiroti, Shulai Gulpoygoni, Shikhobi Turshezi, Shavqati Qochor, Junaydullohi Hoziq, Kotib, Shirin va dig. dar in mavau asar ofaridand.
Dar tasiri ananai dostonsaroii adiboni fors-tojik dar adabiyoti turkzabon «Qissai Yusuf»-i Ali (a. 12), «Yusuf va Zulaykho»-i Hamdullohi Chalabi va Durbek (a. 15) talif shudaand. Nozim Hikmat niz asare bo nomi «Yusufi kanoni» dorad. Navisandai nemis Tomas Mani s-hoi 1926—33 dar in mavzu yak silsila romanho ejod kardaast.
Ad.: Amirqulov S.. Junaydullohi Hozik va dostoni u «Yusuf va Zulaykho», D., 1967.
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