CENKNÂME GELENEĞİNDE HZ. ALİ İLE İFRİT CENGİNE DAİR YENİ BİR NÜSHA HAKKINDA DEĞERLENDİRME
EVALUATION OF A NEW COPY OF EFREET WAR WITH HZ THE CALIPH ALİ IN THE CENKNÂME TRADITION

Summary/Abstract: Cenkname where Ali is the protagonist has a key role in our narrative tradition, within the life of the Prophet Muhammed. For the Turks who accepted Islam, the ideal of providing world domination in the name of the Tengri has turned into an understanding of holy war in order to spread the name of Allah. This case has also been reflected in literary tradition and appreciation. Cenknâme gives religious and moral messages, Ali also reveals a type that is idealized specifically. As is known, Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, is his uncle's son and fourth caliph. In Cenknâme, the Prophet Muhammad and the love of Ahl al-Bayt (People of the House) are clearly seen. Ali is brave, warrior, strong, fair, intelligent. He always wins in his battles with the infidels. Ali also fights legendary and mythological beings such as giants, dragons, and afreets besides infidels. Cenkname constituting the subject of this study is recorded in Ankara National Library Writing Works Collection with 06 Mile Yz A 1454/3 archive number. The main work consists of four separate mesnevi titled Dâstân-ı Muhammed Hanefî (1a-18a), Dâstân-ı Kesikbaş (19b-22b), Hikâyet-ı Hazreti (23a-36b) and Dâstân-ı Kız (37b-441). The section consisting of 13 gold leaves is the third mesnevi in this article and was written with a mobile Nesih line. There is no definitive information related to the date of writing and the author of the work. However, the bottom of the gold leaf no. 32a has the records of H. 1187 (M. 1773-74) date and Mehmed Ağa phrases, which we believe that they have acquisition records. In the study, information will be given about the cenknâme first and then the copy will be introduced. As the hero type in the text, Ali and Efreet, the representative of evil, will be evaluated.

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