مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - A Poetic Futuvvetnama Written By Dâî? In 15th Century

Abstract :

Futuvvetnamas are sufistic texts which explain the moral characteristics in accordance with religious acceptance in Turkish Literature since the 13th century. Futuvvetnamas are not only written to provide information on beliefs, culture, way of living and customs of the era in which they are written but also they are rich sources of literary language, vocabulary, Turkish language in terms of sounds, spelling and form. The first examples of Futuvvetnamas that we see in the Turkish literature are written in Arabic and Farsi. From the 13th century onwards, we encounter poetic and prose forms written in Turkish language in Turkish geography. The Futuvvetnama which is catalogued in the Library of Marmara University’s Rare Collections of Work of Arts is accepted as voluminous and written in prose and it is numbered as 12881/Y004. This work of art was written in the year of 880 according to the Hijri calendar. There is no information about the editor or copyist in the work. In this work of art, the word Dai is quite remarkable in the verse that runs as “ṭarsūs ehli bu işe ėtmiş heves / bażısı dāiiye ėtdiler nefes”. There are deficiencies in the beginning and in the ending of the manuscript. The manuscript which is written in the form of naskh and with the pattern of vowel points as “fâilâtün/ fâilâtün/ fâilün”, is generally composed of 15 couplets. Examples of hadiths, verses from the Koran, Persian poems and Mesnevis are given in several times in this work of art.