The story of ‘Dilmaj’ novel happens in the early twentieth century and era of Ghajarid dynasty in Iran. In this era ‘Mirza Yusof’ that is a talented and studious youth form a noble but poor family studies pri-vately with the assistance of his old friend of his father’s friend, ‘Mohammad Ali Khan’, and in his house. This period of education has great influences on Mirza Yusof. Intellectual and liberalist teachers, who are teaching in that house, establish the spirit of sophistication and tendency to freedom in Mirza Yusof. During his education time, Mirza Yusof falls in love to a girl named ‘Zinat’ that learns singing in Mohammad Ali Khan’s house. For a long time he dreams about this love but refuses from expressing his love until ‘Esfandyar’ that is a hawker from Bakhtiyari nomad also falls in Zinat’s love and proposes her. When Zinat’s father refuses Esfandiyar’s proposal as the traditional custom of nomads, he steals Zinat and takes her with him self. After stealing Zinat, Yusof suffers of mental disturbance and does not go out of home for a long time. Finally, with the aid of Mohammad Ali Khan he leaves home and in the court of one of the Ghajari king starts a job as an interpreter and his title become ‘Dilmaj’. At the same time, one of the teachers that Mirza Yusof studied with him committed an abort assassination against the king and was killed during the action. After that, Mirza Yusef due to his friendly relationship with the teacher is being arrested and imprisoned but after awhile with the help of his previous love rival, Esfandyar, could escape from the prison and immigrated to England. In London, he goes to, the Iranian famous intellectual, Mirza Melkom Khan’s house and after some years, with bitter .

HamidReza Shahabadi, Iranian talented researcher and writer, is educated in history. His main concern is retelling some social incidents of his country contemporary history in the form of story. He began his profession as a writer by writing stories for children and adolescents. HamidReza Shahabadi in the thirty year period of his writing created about 20 works that some of them has been praised and appreciated in many cultural and literary festivals and circles in Iran.