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Work 1: Dāstān-ı Vefāt-ı İbrāhīm (Ḳırşehirlü ʿĪsā (fl. possibly 14th century))

LOC subject headings

Turkish language To 1500

Masnavis

Islamic poetry, Turkish

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 (Biography)

lccn:sh85132085

Author

Ḳırşehirlü ʿĪsā (fl. possibly 14th century)

ﻗﻴﺮﺷﻬﺮﻟﻮ ﻋﻴﺴﻰ

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Kırşehirli İsa

Ḳayṣerīlü ʿĪsā

Kayserili İsa

ﻗﻴﺼﺮﻳﻠﻮ ﻋﻴﺴﻰ

Ḳırşehirlü ʿĪsā (authorised)

كيرشهيرلي عيسى (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about Ḳırşehirlü ʿĪsā other than his being the author of the Dāstān-ı Vefāt-ı İbrāhīm.

Title

Dāstān-ı Vefāt-ı İbrāhīm

ﺩﺍﺳﺘﺎﻦ ﻭﻓﺎﺕ ﺍﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ

Notes

A mes̱nevī of 150 couplets on the death of Prophet Muḥammad's son Ibrāhīm (d. 10/632) from his Copt wife Māriya (d.16/637). According to the story, Ibrāhīm dies because the Prophet is asked to choose between his son and his ummah. Although Ibrāhīm died as an infant, the story portrays him as a child in the age of school. In his work, ʿĪsā states that he took the subject of his work from a work named the Sirācu'l-ḳulūb.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

5b-8b ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Koncu, Hanife. "Edebiyat-tarih bağlamında bir mesnevi: Dâstân-ı vefât-ı İbrâhîm." Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi = Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies. , no. 4 2001: 125-158. (This is a critical edition which compares TK_Fat_AE_Mnz_1411, TK_TKSM_Yeni_520_3, TK_Sul_Serez_3839_3, TK_Sul_Haci Mahmud_4339_7 )

Kuzubaş, Muhammet. "Manzum Bir Destan Kitabı (Destân-ı Veysel Karânî, Vefât-ı Hz. Fâtıma, Vefât-ı Hz. İbrâhîm, Hikâyet-i Gügercin, Hikâyet-i Geyik)." Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi. 1/2 2008: 304-340. (includes TK_Mil_A_8624_4 in transliteration )

Köktekin, Kâzım. "Kırşehirli İsa’nın Dâstan-ı İbrâhim’i ve Dili." A.Ü. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi. , no. 16 2001: 13-26. (includes TK_AU_Ozege_14_2 in transliteration )

Studies

Kocatürk, Vasfi Mahir. "Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi." Ankara: Edebiyat Yayınevi, 1970, 148-149.

Çelebioğlu, Âmil. "Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı." Istanbul: Kitabevi, 1999, 82-83.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2278

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 8734

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3825

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 187

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4339

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4513

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3809

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 76

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3839

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 3430

Atatürk Kitaplığı 223

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 584

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1752

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 1411

Atatürk Üniversitesi 14

İzzet Koyunoğlu Kütüphanesi 14956

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2664

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2720

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1583

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 8624

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 4654

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3906

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1578

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 520

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3724

Work 2: 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 2278

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 8734

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3825

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 187

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4339

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4513

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3809

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 76

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3881

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3839

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 3430

Atatürk Kitaplığı 223

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 584

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1752

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 1411

Atatürk Üniversitesi 14

İzzet Koyunoğlu Kütüphanesi 14956

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2664

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2720

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1583

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 8624

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 4654

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3906

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1578

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 520

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3724

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20th. century