Popular and humorous literature, brevity, the use of local expressions, the use of proverbs, the extensive use of poetic evidence and fascinating illustrations are some of the most important written features of Siahat-e Shargh.
[1] The author Aqa Najafi Quchani, in the book Siahat-e Shargh, in a simple tone describes important historical events of his life and experiences such as Persian constitutionalism, petty tyranny in political history of Iran,[2] the battle of Iranian freedom seekers and the First World War along with his memoirs.
[3][4] The book Siahat-e Shargh which is the autobiography of Aqa Najafi Quchani, is a valuable source in clarifying the role of the clergies and the seminary of Najaf in the historical events of that period.
It includes important material from the events of the contemporary history of Iran and Iraq,[3] to more detailed issues like the behavior of the clergies with the people, the rules of the Islamic seminaries, and so on.
[5] During his studies, the author Aqa Najafi Quchani traveled from his native village Khosraviyeh to Quchan, then to Mashhad, and in the following years to Isfahan and Najaf.
They went to Yazd on foot through Tabas and its vast deathly deserts, and from there they went to Isfahan with great difficulty, faced many dangers on the way, but finally reached their destination.
[8][9] The author seems to have had three goals and motivations for writing the book:[6][7] "The history of one of the scholars and the events of his life and his story that what he saw, heard and understood and what happened to him, its not a treatise without contradiction and doubt and without lies and slander, and will not be useless and guarantees acquainting of the unaware and awakening of the torpid if they see with the eyes that get lessons.