Tarikhi in vokea ba bisyor shahrho pakhn shuda bud. Dar shakhri Tus Firdavsy nom dekhkoni* chavone mezist. u ba jamovarii kissavu rivoyathoe, ki khalk dar borai farzandoni kahramoni khud ejod karda bud, mashgul megardid. Kissavu rivoyathoro navishta megirift, afsonahoi kadimiro jam meovard va onhoro ba nazm medarovard. YAk vaqtho ba in kor Dakiky nom shoiri digare kamar basta bud. Ammo Dakiky vafot kard va masnavii notamomi uro Firdavsy ba asari khud dokhil namud.
«In doston az khususi kornamoihoi najibi ajdodamon nakl khohad kard, – orzu menamud Firdavsy. – Dar borai kahramononi khalky va jangovaroni khayrkhohu chasuri on khikoya khohad kard». Firdavsy ba khotiri in doston az bakhri tamomi korhoi khojagy baromad. Amloki u shurazor gashta, badtar tamoman az bayn raft. Omili bochu khiroj uro hatto az andozdikhy ozod namud. «Bigzor navisad», – karor dod omil.
Va, dar hakikat, Firdavsy navisht. u dah sol, bist sol, sy sol payiham navisht. Dar ogozi
Dar zamoni Firdavsi zamindoroni kalonro dehkon menomidand. dostonnavisi javon naboshad ham, holo pir shudaast – ana, u shastsola shud. Firdavsy niyat dosht, ki dostoni buzurgro ba yagon hokimi azime bakhshida, sohibi inomoti ziyode megardad va ba ivazi on inomot ba zodgohash ob mebarorad.
Odamoni sohibmalumot dar tamomi shahrho besabrona muntaziri doston budand. Doston «SHokhnoma» nomida meshud. Mardum az qiroati porchahoi dostoni hanuz notamom halovat mebardoshtand. Firdavsy nihoyat asarashro ba anjom rasond. Vale dar in vakt allakay amiri kabir dar Bukhoro nabud. CHoyi uro hokimi digari ashaddy – Sulton Mahmudi Gaznavy girifta bud.
Mahmudi Gaznavy marzu bumhoi bekanorero takhti tasarruf darovarda, hududi davlati Somoniyonro ba on hamroh namud va khud ba masnadi sultony nishast. SHakhri Gaznaro poytakhti khud qaror dod.
Dar kariby, dar domanai kuhho mamlakati boytarini kora – Hinduston doman gustarda bud. Sulton karor dod, ki bar ziddi in mamlakat jang elon kunad. Va baroi ruypush namudani maqsadhoi goratgarona sulton in jangi khudro muqaddas, yane gazavot elon namud. u hamaro, ikhtiyoriyoni sarzaminhoi hamsoyaro, baroi hamrohshavy ba gazavot davat menamud. Va ikhtiyoriyoni dar dil niyati jangu goratdoshta, hatto az Horazm, ba nazdi u meomadand. Lashkari Sulton Mahmud lashkari muktadirtarini Mashrikzamin bud. Hatto ba hayati on filhoi jangy dokhil meshudand. CHnovaroni kavmu kabilahoi mukhtalif va sohibi zabonhoi gunogun bo jiddu jahd omekhta karda meshudand, to ruze tasodufan ittihod bastavu sar nabardorand.
Gulomon dar Gazna az hama arzontarin budand. Hatto guldonhoi nodiri hindy dar kuchahoi on joy pahnu pareshon mekhobidand. CHnovaron az Hinduston molomoli javohirot barmegashtand.
Halifai Bagdod, ki Sulton Mahmud tobei vay bud, ba zerdasti khud mehru muhabbati tamome dosht. Sulton ba khalifa nomaho navishta, vada medod, ki tamomi kofiron, hamchunin shiyonu mutaziliyon va namoyandagoni shubahoi digari az din bargasharo kir mekunad. In vadaho khushku kholi nabudand. u bo chunon chiddu jahd onhoro kir menamud, ki hatto baroi ba khok supurdani jasadi badbakhton fursat nameyoftand. Ba har oyina, vay yagona hokimi kalone bud, ki baroi dodani mablagi beshtare kudratu imkoniyat dosht va mahz az hamin sabab Firdavsi dostonashro girifta ba huzuri u raft.
Mahmud dostonro chand ruz mutolia kard. Asari nobiai «SHohnoma» makulash nashud, zero dar doston afkori dahriyona khele ziyod budand. Va ba hamin sabab Sulton baroi Firdavsi mablagi nochize rohi namud.
Tangahoi firistodai uro Firdavsi ba hammom burda, dar on joy sharob nushid va boqimondaro barobar miyoni hammombon, sharbatfurush va savorae, ki inomro ovarda bud, taqsim kard.
Sulton khudi hamon ruz az in vokea khabardor shud. u farmon dod, ki shoiri muysafedro paydo karda, zeri poyi filon andozand. Vale shoir panohanda shud. Uro dar bisyor shahru dehaho justuju namudand, ammo paydo karda natavonistand. Ba joyi shoir hajviyae paydo shud, ki Firdavsi onro ba sulton ravona karda bud. Hajviya ohista-ohista az dahon ba dahon meguzasht:
Az on guftam in baytkhoi baland,
Ki to shokh, girad az in kor pand.
K-az in pas bidonad: chi boshad sukhan,
Biyandeshad az pandi piri kukhan!
Digar shoironro nayozorad uy,
Hamon khurmati khud nigah dorad uy!
Ki shoir chu ranjad, biguyad hijo, Bimonad khijo to kiyomat bajo! –
chunin satrho dosht on hajviya.
In tarikh intihoi khudro dorad. Bist sol az on meguzarad. Husayn dar in muddat allakay vaziri darbori hokimi Hamadon – SHamsuddavla megardad. Va dar khamon solho mefahmad, ki sukhanvari nobia Firdavsi ba zodgohash – shahri Tus omadaast, to dar on joy khok shavad. Dar on zamon abyoti masnavi dar miyoni har yak zorevu sipokhi mashhuru maruf gardida budand. Hatto khudi Sulton Mahmud majbur meshavad, ki ba tariqi hadya korvoni pur az javohirotro baroi shoiri solkhurda firistad. Ammo dar hamon soate, ki korvon az yake darvozahoi shahri Tus vorid meshavad, tobuti Firdavsiro az darvozai digar mebarorand.
CHand marotiba firistodagoni Sulton Mahmud baroi Husayn dari havlii onhoro kuftand. Har dafa javobi onhoro dodari Husayn megardond.
-Sultoni muazzami moyon odami baot sohibmarifatand, – meguftand savoraho. – Dar vaqthoi kholi az yurishho on kas hatto dar bobi ilohiyot kitob menavisand. Hiradmandii eshon dar in soha ba hama ayon ast.
-Barodaram mashguli kor, u band ast, – chavob medod Mahmud. «SHurbakhtam, ki maro hamnomi sulton kardaand», – meandeshid u.
-Sultoni moyon olimon, shoiron va memoron, hamchunin, fuqaho, qonunshinosu munajjimonro ba girdi khud jam meovarad. Sultoni moyon savgand khurdaast, ki tamomi kofiron va shiyonu dahriyonro qir mekunad. «Kosh ki Husayn ba dasti sulton naaftad! – fikr mekard Mahmud, dar navbati khud ba tarafi savoragon tabassumi boadabona namuda. – Vagarna – yo marg yo zindon».
-Baroi chy barodari tu ba khidmati sulton nameguzarad? – uro ba gap medarovardand savoraho. – Okhir, sulton uro bo mehru muhabbat sarafroz megardonad. Sakhovati sulton nisbat ba onhoe, ki maqsadu niyati uro mefahmand, behaddu kanor ast!
«Husayn م goh maqsadu niyati uro pay burda nametavonad. u hamon dahriandesha va shiii komilest, ki shumo bekhu bunyodashro kandany hasted», – meandeshid Mahmud.
-Vale on kasero, ki az mehru muhabbati sulton kanorachuy mekunad, tamomi umri daroz jazoi sakhtu vaznin nasib khohad shud, – meguftand savoragon.
«Oho! – fikr kard Mahmud. – Naboshad, az Bukhoro baromada raftani Husayn lozim meomadaast».