MOLLA MEHMET DEMİRBAŞ DİVANI’NDA ANASIR-I ERBAA
THE FOUR ELEMENT IN THE DIVAN OF MULLAH MEHMET DEMİRBAŞ

Summary/Abstract: Mullah Mehmet Demirbaş was born in 1935 in the town of Neribê Ağan (Kuyular) in Diyarbakır's Hani district and died in 2017. Demirbaş is one of the crucial figures of Zaza literature as a writer of a (manuscript) divan. Mullah Mehmet Demirbaş’s Divan includes knowledge about history, literature, mysticism, human life, animal world, daily life and many similar subjects. One of the categories included is the four elements known as anasır-ı erbaa: earth, water, fire and air. In this study, the primary and related elements included in the divan are analyzed. First, general information about anasır-ı erbaa is given, then the related lines are analyzed. Turkish translations of the divan's with comments are also provided. In the light of this section in the Divan, the thoughts and world view of Mullah Mehmet Demirbaş has been tried to be understood.

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