Author/Authors :
ŞENARSLAN, Necip Fazıl Atatürk Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Turkey
Abstract :
Numerous pamphlets have been compiled or translated in Ottoman field related to archery which remained important until the 17th century as a long distance weapon. In these pamphlets which have been usually written by the archers occupied with the art of archery, it is seen that the organization of archery pamphlets written especially in Arabic was influential. From this point on, usually the same styles have been followed in terms of content in the archery pamphlets written in Ottoman field. In the pamphlets starting from Umdetü’l-Mütenâsilîn till the 19th century; it usually has been mentioned good deeds, honor and reward of shooting arrows, the history of arrow and archery since Adam, the merits of crusade, rules and methods of shooting arrows, making bows and arrows and ranges whose records were broken by famous archers. Umdetü’l-Mütenâsilîn has a remarkable importance as it is the first private work among the archery pamphlets written in the Ottoman field. There are three copies of the above-mentioned work that we could confirm. One of them is in a periodical of Husrev Pasha Collection in the Suleymaniye Library in Istanbul. An another one is registered as a private writing in Ali Emiri Collection in Istanbul Millet Library. The third copy is in Departement des Manuscrits in Bibliotheque Nationale de France. The work starts with the translations of verses of the Koran and hadith in order to show the importance and place of shooting arrows in Islam. Then, why this work was written is explained and good deeds, honor and reward of shooting arrows, some information on competing in archery, methods of shooting arrows in different seasons, types of bows and arrows, methods of archery training, taking grasp, handling and the importance of holding on to a master before starting the archery training are mentioned. The author of this work introduces himself as Ebi Sare Muhammed. Stating that he translated the work from a notable pamphlet in Arabic, Ebi Sare Muhammed did not give the name of the work he translated. The author avoided a literal translation; in a way, he rewrote the work in his own sentences. In that point, this work can be considered the first copyrighted work about archery written in Ottoman field. In this study, opinions have been conveyed on the copies and content of the work called Umdetü’l-Mütenâsilîn after giving brief information about the pamphlets written in Ottoman field. Characteristics of language and orthographic rules and vocabulary have been analyzed, two copies have been comparatively read and turned into a translation writing.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Umdetü’l , Mütenâsilîn , arrow pamphlet , archery , arrow , bow
