A mes̱nevī of 1066 couplets which tells the life story of Ḥallāj, al-Husayn ibn
Manṣūr (d. 309/922), his Sufi doctrine, his miracles and death. The various copies
of the work show significant variation. A section of 500 couplets is in common with Eşrefoġlı’s
Naṣā’iḥ, which may be its source of origin. Scholars have
argued that Niyāzī edited
the content of the story first written by Eşrefoġlı. Two other recensions of the work may belong to
Aḳḳoyunlu Aḥmedī (d. after 884/1480)
and the 16th century poet Mürīdī. On the other hand, many of
the Manṣūrnāmes attributed to Mürīdī
in the catalogues are identical to the one by Niyāzī. The oldest copy of Niyāzī’s Manṣūrnāme dates from 894 and has only 537 lines, half of the length of the second oldest copy. It is almost
identical to the recension under the name of Aḥmedī.
