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Turkey

City

Istanbul

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

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Yazma Bağışlar

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2448

Contents

Work 4: Güvercin Destānı (Kirdeci Ali)

LOC subject headings

Epic literature, Turkish

Author

Kirdeci Ali

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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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Hıdiv Kütüphanesi Türkçe Yazmaları 9108

Konya İl Halk Kütüphanesi 3676

Milli Kütüphane no. A 1869

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 187

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 4339

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 76

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İzzet Koyunoğlu Kütüphanesi 11763

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 3265

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 6962

Atatürk Kitaplığı 453

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3839

Türk Tarih Kurumu Kütüphanesi 462

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 3430

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 45

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1752

İzzet Koyunoğlu Kütüphanesi 14956

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Physical Description

Columns

1

Ruled lines

11

History

Date of copy

20th. century

Provenance

Ownership record of Aḥmedü’ş-Şerīf, أحمد الشريف on 105a.