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Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Atatürk Kitaplığı

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Belediye Yazmaları

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453

Contents

Work 3: Dāstān-ı İsmāʿīl (Aḳsarāylı ʿĪsā (fl. possibly 14th and 15th centuries))

LOC subject headings

Turkish language To 1500

Masnavis

Islamic poetry, Turkish

Sufi poetry, Turkish

Prophets

Prophets in the Qurʼan

Prophets, Pre-Islamic

Author

Aḳsarāylı ʿĪsā (fl. possibly 14th and 15th centuries)

ﺁﻗﺴﺮﺍﻳﻠﻲ ﻋﻴﺴﻰ

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Aḳsarāylı ʿīsā (authorised)

اكسارايلي عيسى (variant)

Biographical notes

Author of the Ḥikāyet-i Ebū Derdā and the Dāstān-ı İsmāʿīl. He was a Mavlavī and praised Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī and Sulṭān Valad in his poetry. He was the disciple of a Mavlavī shaykh named Süleymān, who may have been Süleymān Türkmānī, one of Sulṭān Valad’s successors.

Title

Dāstān-ı İsmāʿīl

ﺩﺍﺳﺘﺎﻥ ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ

Notes

A mes̱nevī of approximately 90 couplets, narrating the near-sacrifice of Ishmael by Abraham.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

64b-69a ff.

Columns

2

Ruled lines

13

Bibliography

Studies

Levend, Agâh Sırrı, ed. "Gülşehri Mantıku’t-tayr." Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1957, 11-11.

Argunşah, Mustafa. "Kirdeci Ali: Kesikbaş Destanı." Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı, 2002, 13-14.

Konyalı, İbrahim Hakkı. "Âbideleri ve Kitabeleri ile Niğde Aksaray Tarihi." Istanbul: Fatih Matbaası, 1974, 2462-2463.

Tarım, Cevat Hakkı. "Kırşehir Tarihi." Kırşehir: İl Basımevi, 1947, 33-34.

Özdemir, Sema. "Aksaraylı İsa’nın Mi’raciye’si." Master’s thesis, Marmara University, 1996.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3756

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 128

Work 4: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳız maʿa Cühūd (Yûsuf-ı Meddâh, active 14th century)

LOC subject headings

Didactic poetry

Masnavis, Turkish

Turkish language To 1500

Islamic poetry, Turkish

Author

Yûsuf-ı Meddâh, active 14th century

يوسف مداح

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Yūsuf-ı Meddāḥ

Yûsuf-ı Meddâh, active 14th century (authorised)

Meddâh Yûsuf, active 14th century (variant)

Mevlevî Yûsuf, active 14th century (variant)

Yûsuf, active 14th century (variant)

Yûsuf-ı Meddâh, 14th cent (variant)

Yûsuf Meddâh, active 14th century (variant)

Yûsufî, active 14th century (variant)

Yûsufî-i Meddâh, active 14th century (variant)

Biographical notes

14th century [1300-1399 CE] Turkish poet known for his mes̱nevī Varaḳa ve Gülşāh. The contents of his works indicate that he was well educated and knew Arabic and Persian. He spent his youth in an Azeri region and became Mevlevī after his move to Konya. As evidenced by his penname, he was a meddāḥ (public storyteller). In his work Varaḳa ve Gülşāh he mentions his devotion to Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672/1273). The earliest mention of Yūsuf-ı Meddāḥ by other authors is in the Kenzü’l-Küberā which was written in 803 AH [1401 CE] by Şeyḫoġlı Muṣṭafā (d. 817/1414 ?)

Title

Ḥikāyet-i Ḳız maʿa Cühūd

ﺣﻜﺎﻳﺖ ﻗﻴﺰ ﻣﻊ ﺟﻬﻮﺩ

Notes

A mes̱nevī which narrates the miracle performed by the prophet in a Muslim’s dream, which results in the emancipation of a beautiful and righteous girl who had accepted enslavement to support her family. The first part of the story narrates the greedy act of a Jew against the girl’s family. The mes̱nevī consists of 274 couplets in the edition.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

56b-64a ff.

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2

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13

Bibliography

Studies

Ersoylu, Halil. Kız Destanı: Haẕā Ḥikāyet-i Ḳız maʿa Cühūd. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1996. (includes facsimile)

Çelebioğlu, Amil. "15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451)." In Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı. Istanbul: Kitabevi, 1999, 84-85.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3756

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 128

Work 7: Dāsitān-ı Kesik Baş (Kirdeci Ali)

LOC subject headings

Epic literature, Turkish

Author

Kirdeci Ali

كرده جى على

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Kirdeci ʿAlī (fl. 13th-14th century)

Kirdeci Ali (authorised)

Kirdeci, Ali (variant)

Ali, Kirdeci (variant)

Biographical notes

Kirdeci ʿAlī is known as the author of three religious stories (dāstān): The Kesik Bāş Destānı, the Güvercin Destānı, the Ejderhā Destānı. The only information about his life is also given by him in those stories. Nothing else is known about his life. He mentions the names of Mevlānā (Rūmī) (d. 672/1273) , Shams-i Tabrīzī (d. 645/1247 ?) and Aḥmed Faḳīh (d. 618/1221 or 628/1230) in his works, which is often accepted as evidence of his belonging to Mawlaw'īyya sect. His name Kirdeci, meaning the maker of pitta bread/bread, might suggest his role as the baker in a dervish convent. Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk argues that he lived between the 13th and 15th centuries [1200-1499 CE] based on the general characteristics of the language used in his stories. This is emphasizes by one of the manuscripts dated 1461 [1461 CE] where the Ejderhā Destānı is included. However, Halit Biltekin has noted that there is an earlier manuscript dated 760 AH [1359 CE], where another story by Kirdeci ʿAlī the ʿÖmer b. Ḥaṭṭāb Destānı is included. So it might be possible to suggest that he was active in 13th or 14th centuries [1200-1399 CE]. Although some other stories such as the Ḥikāye-i Delletü’l-Muḫtel, the Ḥikāye-i Geyik and the Dāstān-ı İsmāʿil are usually included in the manuscripts containing the works mentioned above, the attribution of these last three works to Kirdeci ʿAlī is no clear, since his name doesn’t appear in those stories. Further, despite the fact that his name appears in the works mentioned above, there is no way to be certain if Kirdeci is the person who is simply putting in writing already existing folk stories or if he is the author of them.

Title

Dāsitān-ı Kesik Baş

دستانى كسك باش

Notes

This is a short mathnawi composed of 90-130 bayts about the prophet Muhammad’s virtues and the 4th caliph of Islam Ali (b. Abi Talib) (35/656-40/661)’s braveness often told to stimulate religious feelings among the Muslim population. The story is of a man who is decapitated and whose body is eaten by a giant which also holds 500 Muslims captive in his well. When the prophet Muhammad asks for a volunteer to go against the giant, Ali (b. Abi Talib) (35/656-40/661) steps forward, kills the giant and saves everyone.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Argunşah, Mustafa. Kirdeci Ali Kesikbaş Destanı. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2002.

Kocatürk, Vasfi Mahir. Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Ankara: Edebiyat Yayınevi, 1970.

Studies

Albayrak, Nurettin. "Kul Mesud." TDVİA. 26 2002: 352-353.

Aslan, Namık. "Bir Yazma Hikâye Mecmuası ve Kesik Baş Destanı." Millî Folklor. , no. 28 1995: 35-38. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Biltekin, Halit. "Kirdeci Ali ve Dâstân-ı ‘Ömer İbni Hattâb Adlı Küçük Mesnevisi." Turkish Studies. 8, no. I 2013: 1061-1069. (<p>includes the text in transcription</p>)

Elçin, Şükrü. "Kirdeci Ali’nin Kesikbaş Destanı." Türk Dili. , no. 517 1995: 64-68. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar. Türk Folklorunda Kesik Baş: Tarih-folklor İlişkisinden Bir Kesit. Istanbul: Dergâh Yayınları, 2013. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Zariç, Mahfuz. "Kirdeci Ali Kesikbaş Destanı’nın Metin Merkezli Temel Halkbilimi Kuramları Açısından İncelenmesi." Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. , no. 22 2007: 199-216.

Özdemir, Fuat. "İlk Dinî Destanlar ve Kesikbaş Destanı." In Folklor Araştırmaları Kurumu Yıllığı. Ankara: Folklor Araştırmaları Kurumu Yayınları, 1975, 124-125.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3756

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 128

Work 8: Ejderhā Destānı (Kirdeci Ali)

LOC subject headings

Epic literature, Turkish

Author

Kirdeci Ali

كرده جى على

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Kirdeci ʿAlī (fl. 13th-14th century)

Kirdeci Ali (authorised)

Kirdeci, Ali (variant)

Ali, Kirdeci (variant)

Biographical notes

Kirdeci ʿAlī is known as the author of three religious stories (dāstān): The Kesik Bāş Destānı, the Güvercin Destānı, the Ejderhā Destānı. The only information about his life is also given by him in those stories. Nothing else is known about his life. He mentions the names of Mevlānā (Rūmī) (d. 672/1273) , Shams-i Tabrīzī (d. 645/1247 ?) and Aḥmed Faḳīh (d. 618/1221 or 628/1230) in his works, which is often accepted as evidence of his belonging to Mawlaw'īyya sect. His name Kirdeci, meaning the maker of pitta bread/bread, might suggest his role as the baker in a dervish convent. Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk argues that he lived between the 13th and 15th centuries [1200-1499 CE] based on the general characteristics of the language used in his stories. This is emphasizes by one of the manuscripts dated 1461 [1461 CE] where the Ejderhā Destānı is included. However, Halit Biltekin has noted that there is an earlier manuscript dated 760 AH [1359 CE], where another story by Kirdeci ʿAlī the ʿÖmer b. Ḥaṭṭāb Destānı is included. So it might be possible to suggest that he was active in 13th or 14th centuries [1200-1399 CE]. Although some other stories such as the Ḥikāye-i Delletü’l-Muḫtel, the Ḥikāye-i Geyik and the Dāstān-ı İsmāʿil are usually included in the manuscripts containing the works mentioned above, the attribution of these last three works to Kirdeci ʿAlī is no clear, since his name doesn’t appear in those stories. Further, despite the fact that his name appears in the works mentioned above, there is no way to be certain if Kirdeci is the person who is simply putting in writing already existing folk stories or if he is the author of them.

Title

Ejderhā Destānı

اژدرها دستانى

Notes

This is a mathnawi consisting of 113 bayts in which the 4th caliph of Islam Ali (b. Abi Talib) (35/656-40/661) volunteers to fight a dragon however he cannot succeed because he forgets to ask for the blessings of God and the prophet Muhammad. When he understands the mistake he made and asks for their blessing, he becomes able to slain the dragon with his legendary sword Zulfiqar.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Argunşah, Mustafa. Kirdeci Ali Kesikbaş Destanı. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2002.

Kocatürk, Vasfi Mahir. Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Ankara: Edebiyat Yayınevi, 1970.

Kozan, Ali and Rümeysa Bilgili. "Hz. Ali’nin Menkıbevî Hayatına Dair Bir Destan: Dâstân-ı Ejderhâ ve İslâmî Dönem Anadolu Türk Kültürüne Yansımaları." Turkish Studies. 8, no. 5 2013: 465-490.

Studies

Biltekin, Halit. "Kirdeci Ali ve Dâstân-ı ‘Ömer İbni Hattâb Adlı Küçük Mesnevisi." Turkish Studies. 8, no. I 2013: 1061-1069. (<p>includes the text in transcription</p>)

Tatcı, Mustafa. "Kirdeci Ali’nin Ejderha Destanı." In Edebiyattan İçeri. Ankara: Akçağ: 1997, 322-337. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3756

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 128

Work 9: Güvercin Destānı (Kirdeci Ali)

LOC subject headings

Epic literature, Turkish

Author

Kirdeci Ali

كرده جى على

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Kirdeci ʿAlī (fl. 13th-14th century)

Kirdeci Ali (authorised)

Kirdeci, Ali (variant)

Ali, Kirdeci (variant)

Biographical notes

Kirdeci ʿAlī is known as the author of three religious stories (dāstān): The Kesik Bāş Destānı, the Güvercin Destānı, the Ejderhā Destānı. The only information about his life is also given by him in those stories. Nothing else is known about his life. He mentions the names of Mevlānā (Rūmī) (d. 672/1273) , Shams-i Tabrīzī (d. 645/1247 ?) and Aḥmed Faḳīh (d. 618/1221 or 628/1230) in his works, which is often accepted as evidence of his belonging to Mawlaw'īyya sect. His name Kirdeci, meaning the maker of pitta bread/bread, might suggest his role as the baker in a dervish convent. Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk argues that he lived between the 13th and 15th centuries [1200-1499 CE] based on the general characteristics of the language used in his stories. This is emphasizes by one of the manuscripts dated 1461 [1461 CE] where the Ejderhā Destānı is included. However, Halit Biltekin has noted that there is an earlier manuscript dated 760 AH [1359 CE], where another story by Kirdeci ʿAlī the ʿÖmer b. Ḥaṭṭāb Destānı is included. So it might be possible to suggest that he was active in 13th or 14th centuries [1200-1399 CE]. Although some other stories such as the Ḥikāye-i Delletü’l-Muḫtel, the Ḥikāye-i Geyik and the Dāstān-ı İsmāʿil are usually included in the manuscripts containing the works mentioned above, the attribution of these last three works to Kirdeci ʿAlī is no clear, since his name doesn’t appear in those stories. Further, despite the fact that his name appears in the works mentioned above, there is no way to be certain if Kirdeci is the person who is simply putting in writing already existing folk stories or if he is the author of them.

Title

Güvercin Destānı

Dāstān-ı Ḥamāme-i ʿArʿar

كورجين دستانى

داستان حمامه عرعر

Notes

The work is written in mathnawi form, consisting of 31-43 bayts. In the story, the angels Michael and Gabriel appearing in the forms of a pigeon and a falcon are testing the prophet Muhammad to reveal his good character and morality.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Argunşah, Mustafa. Kirdeci Ali Kesikbaş Destanı. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2002.

Kocatürk, Vasfi Mahir. Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Ankara: Edebiyat Yayınevi, 1970.

Studies

Albayrak, Nurettin. "Dini Türk halk hikayelerinden geyik, güvercin ve deve hikayeleri: Kaynakları ve metin tesisi." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1993.

Aslan, Namık. "Manzum Dinî Hikâyeler ve Kirdeci Ali’ye Ait Olduğu Söylenen İki Hikâye Metni (Güvercin ve Geyik Destanları)." Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. , no. 20 2006: 189-207. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Biltekin, Halit. "Kirdeci Ali ve Dâstân-ı ‘Ömer İbni Hattâb Adlı Küçük Mesnevisi." Turkish Studies. 8, no. I 2013: 1061-1069. (<p>includes the text in transcription</p>)

Elçin, Şükrü. "Kirdeci Ali’nin Güvercin Destanı." Türk Folkloru. , no. 33 1982: 5-6. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Erciyas, Osman and Duygu Oruç. "Güvercin Destanları Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Bir İnceleme." Turkish Studies. 8, no. 1 2013: 1397-1406. (<p>includes transliterated text</p>)

Kuzubaş, Muhammet. "Manzum Bir Destan Kitabı (Destân-ı Veysel Karânî, Vefât-ı Hz. Fâtıma, Vefât-ı Hz. İbrâhîm, Hikâyet-i Güvercin, Hikâyet-i Geyik)." Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi. 1, no. 2 2008: 304-340. (<p>includes the text in transcription</p>)

Tören, Hatice. "Kirdeci Ali, Dāsıtān-ı Hamāme-i ‘Ar‘ar." İ.Ü. Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi. XXXIV 2006: 177-204. (<p>includes a facsimle and the text in transcription</p>)

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3756

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi 128

Physical Description

Columns

2

Ruled lines

13

History

Date of copy

19th. century