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Dānişmend-nāme (ʿĀrif ʿAlī (fl. 14th-15th century))

Author

ʿĀrif ʿAlī (fl. 14th-15th century)

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Biographical notes

ʿĀrif ʿAlī is known as the author of the second Dānişmend-nāme written in Turkish literature. He rearranged and rewrote İbn ʿAlā (d. after 642/1245)’s Dānişmend-nāme at the behest of Murād II (824/1421-855/1451) According to ʿĀlī (d. 1008/1600) he was one of the mesne lords of his time. When he offered his work to Murād II (824/1421-855/1451) the sultan assigned him as the commander of Toḳat citadel and gave many presents to him as well. Although the date 762 AH [1360-1361 CE] given by ʿĀlī (d. 1008/1600) for the production of ʿĀrif ʿAlī’s the Dānişmend-nāme points to the reign of Murād I (763/1362-791/1389) the consensus is that the sultan ordering ʿĀrif ʿAlī to write the Dānişmend-nāme must have been Murād II (824/1421-855/1451) because Toḳat was not under the dominion of the first but the second.

Title

Dānişmend-nāme

دانشمندنامه

Notes

ʿĀrif ʿAlī notes in his work that he has rearranged İbn ʿAlā (d. after 642/1245)’s The Dānişmend-nāme, which no copy of it survived today, in 17 sections, made it easier to read, added also some verse parts and embellished it. The work tells the heroic saga of Dānişmend Ġāzī (d. 477/1085 ?) who fought the Byzantines and contributed to the conquest and Islamisation of Anatolia.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Demir, Necati. Dânişmend-nâme. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2002.

Mélikoff, Irène. La Geste de Melik Dānişmend. Paris: Librairie Adrien Maisonneuve, 1960.

Studies

Akkaya, Şükrü. Kitab-ı Melik Danişmend Gazi: Eine Türkische Historischer Heldenroman aus der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts. Ankara: 1954.

Akkaya, Meral. "Dânişmend-nâme’nin Dil Hususiyetleri Üzerine Bir Çalışma." unpublished senior thesis, Istanbul: Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, 1958.

Akkaya, Şükrü. Kitab-ı Melik Danişmend Gazi: Danişmendname. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1950.

Akkaya, Şükrü. "Kitâb-ı Melik Dânişmend Gazi: Dânişmendnâme." Dil ve Tarih – Coğrafya Fakültesi dergisi (DTCFD). VIII, no. 1.2 1950: 131-144.

Azak, Namık Kemal. "Danişmend-name (Niksar nüshası, vr. 51b-102a), Transkripsiyon." unpublished senior thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1981.

Belkız, Nedim. "Dânişmend-name." Unpublished senior thesis, Istanbul: Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, , [n.d.].

Bicik, Ahmet. "Dânişmendnâme Destanı’nın Tahlili." Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 95 1995: 189-203.

Demir, Necati. "Melik Ahmed Danişmend Gazi ve Danişmendname Sempozyumu Tebliğleri." Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University: 1995: 49-58.

Demir, Necati. Dânişmend-nâme. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2004. (includes the text in transcription)

Demir, Necati. Dânişmend Gazi Destanı. Ankara: Hece Yayınları, 2006. (includes the text in modern Turkish)

Doğruel, Orhan. "Danişmend-name (Niksar nüshası, vr. 201a-251b), Transkripsiyon." unpublished senior thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1981.

Hızardere, Sadreddin. "Danişmend-name (Niksar nüshası, vr. 102b-151a), Transkripsiyon." unpublished senior thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1981.

Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar. "Dânişmendnâme." TDVİA. 8 1993: 478-480.

Sakaoğlu, Saim. "Danişmendnâme’nin Türk Destanları İçindeki Yeri." Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University: 1995: 5-6.

Selçuk, Şerif. "Danişmend-name (Niksar nüshası, vr. 151b-200b), Transkripsiyon." unpublished senior thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1981.

Tombuş, Nazmi. "Danişmendname ve Mirkatülcihat." Çorumlu (Çorum Halkevi Dergisi). 1940: 21-27.

Uzun, Mustafa. "Ârif Ali, Molla." TDVİA. 3 1991: 362-363.

Uçkun, Rabia. "Danişmendname’deki Epik ve Dinî Unsurlar." unpublished MA thesis, İzmir: Dokuz Eylül University, 1992.

Ünverdi, Mehmet Akif. "Danişmend-name (Niksar nüshası, vr. 1b-51a), Transkripsiyon." unpublished senior thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1981.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

216 ff.

History

Date of copy

17th. century