The Identification of the Rhyme in the <i>Muʿğam fī maʿāyīr ašʿār al-ʿağam</i> by Šams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Qays al-Rāzī

The chapter on the ravī (the last ‘letter’ of rhyme), from work al-Muʿğam fī maʿāyīr ašʿār al-ʿağam by Šams-i Qays (13th century), is deemed earliest and more prestigious extant text describing rules concerning rhyme ( qāfiya ) in Persian verses. It focuses identification pivotal rhyming letter ), that segment word, around which a poem built. In discussing this topic, touches linguistic issues gives list suffixed morphemes for first time. present paper offers new annotated translation section ; it aims to clarify difficult passages examples, highlight inconsistencies, identify several lines poetry occurring text.