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Country

Turkey

City

Ankara

Institution

Türk Dil Kurumu Kütüphanesi

Shelfmark

B28

Contents

Work 4: Dāstān-ı Der Cihān-ı Fānūs Der Ḥikāyet-i Ṭāḳyanūs (Yûsuf-ı Meddâh, active 14th century)

LOC subject headings

Turkish language To 1500

Islamic poetry, Turkish

Masnavis, 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

Dāstān-ı Der Cihān-ı Fānūs Der Ḥikāyet-i Ṭāḳyanūs

ﺩﺍﺳﺘﺎﻥ ﺩﺭ ﺟﻬﺎﻥ ﻓﺎﻧﻮﺱ ﺩﺭ ﺣﻜﺎﻳﺔ ﻃﺎﻗﻴﻨﻮﺱ

Notes

A mes̱nevī which narrates the tale of the aṣḥāb al-kahf (those of the cave) taking place in the city of Ephesus. It consists of 324 couplets in the edition.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

110a-116a ff.

Columns

2

Ruled lines

27

Bibliography

Editions

Koncu, Hanife. "Ashâb-ı Kehf metinlerine bir bakış ve Yûsuf-ı Meddâh'ın Ashâb-ı Kehf mesnevisi." In Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları 6. Yaz 2012, 9-57.

History

Date of copy

possibly 18th. century