16 ŞABAN 1150/9 ARALIK 1737 TARİHLİ BİR MÜKEYYİFAT MÜNAZARASI: ‘HİKÂYET-İ CEMİYYET-İ MÜKEYYİFÂT-I ÂLEM VE MÜBÂHASE VE MÜCÂDELE
A MUKEYYIFAT (PLEASURE-INDUCING SUBSTANCES) DEBATE WRITTEN ON DECEMBER 9, 1737: ‘HİKÂYET-İ CEMİYYET-İ MÜKEYYİFÂT-I ÂLEM VE MÜBÂHASE VE MÜCÂDELE

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with such a pleasure-inducing substances debate named Hikâyet-i Cemiyyet-i Mükeyyifât-ı Âlem ve Mübâhase ve Mücâdele which is mentioned in the related sources but has not been studied independently to date. Hikâyet-i Cemiyyet-i Mükeyyifât-ı Âlem ve Mübâhase ve Mücâdele, which is among the 35b-49a leaves of a 182-leaf story collection in Taksim Atatürk Library and written in a mixed verse and prose, with its fourteen pleasurable items (opium, berş, marijuana, boza, tobacco, wine, glowing fire, müselles, mead, apple liqueur, mukim, maddetü’l-ferah, arrack, coffee) among the pleasure-inducing substances debates the number of pleasurable items is the largest one. The work is also in the class of inconclusive debates, unlike the other pleasure-inducing substances debates, as the struggle for superiority between coffee and wine was not concluded. In this article, the pleasure-inducing substances debate titled Hikâyet-i Cemiyyet-i Mükeyyifât-ı Âlem ve Mübâhase ve Mücâdele which stands out among the other pleasure-inducing substances debates due to its unique characteristics was discussed and the work was introduced to the world of science with its translated text.

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