The Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب الزمان )
treats the birth and life of
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 and events up to the deaths of
Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, d. 670 and
Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680. Prefaced by a description of Creation, the final section covers the end of the world and Judgment Day.
The original Arabic work was superseded by its Turkish verse translation, the Muḥammedīye (محمديه),
likewise composed by Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451.
The Muḥammedīye (محمديه) is a Turkish
verse translation of the author's Arabic Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب الزمان). Prefaced by a chapter on Creation, the work treats the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad
and life and events up to the deaths of Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, d. 670 and Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680. The third section covers the end of the world
and Judgment Day. Consisting of more than 8700 couplets, the Muḥammedīye (محمديه) was completed in Jumādá al-ākhir
853 in Gelibolu (Turkey). The author states that he wrote the
third section after having a dream in which both the Prophet Muḥammad and Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 appeared. Show more
Composed for the edification for a popular audience, this work was often recited in
public performances during the Ottoman period.
