A mes̱nevī on the supernatural adventures of a person in the company of caliph
ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān and a North
African prince who travel together in search of the jugs (ḳumḳuma) in which
Prophet Solomon trapped the giants who betrayed him. It is
the oldest extant Turkish work on the subject, although Kemāloġlı
points to the existence of an older work which did not survive. In the Feraḥ-nāme, Kemāloġlı says that he translated
the work from a prose work in Arabic and made his own additions. He also relied on a
Persian version. Although Kemāloġlı describes his work to consist of 3030
couplets, a comparative study of the manuscripts yields a total of 3125 couplets.
The Feraḥ-nāme is written in the form of 13
gatherings (meclis). At the end of each gathering, Kemāloġlı
gives the moral of the story. The work thus has the character of a book of counsels.
The Feraḥ-nāme also includes ghazals and
other pieces of poetry. Show more
Date of completion: Ramadan 789 Place of completion: Tripoli
