Alevî-Bektaşî Menâkıbnâmelerinde Renk Sembolizmi
Color Symbolism in ‘Alawî-Bektashī Manākibnāmes

Summary/Abstract: Manākibnāmes, which include the wise words and virtuous behaviors of the Sufis in the Sufi literature, are written to explain the miracles of the elders of the sect; the political, social, and religious-mystical structure of the society; It is one of the important sources of the world of culture and literature because it contains the historical events and personalities of the age. The inclusion of the miracles of the saints in the Alawī-Bektashi manākibnāmes has caused these works to be quite rich in terms of symbolic motifs. The colorful motifs in the velayetnames such as Koyun Baba, Demir Baba, Seyyid Ali Sultan and the legends such as Abdal Musa and Hacım Sultan, reflecting this culture, especially in the Velayetname of Haci Bektash revealed the necessity of examining the subject in detail. These colors constitute an important area both in understanding the Alawī-Bektashi culture and in the analysis of the Turkish-Islamic unity in the formation of this culture. Turkish, Ottoman, Arabic, and English works were used in the research. By finding information about the subject, its symbolic meanings were evaluated. The information obtained was organized in accordance with the subject headings. Many studies have been done on manākibnāmes. However, there has not been a direct study on the color symbols in the manākibnāmes and the semantic background of these symbols. For this reason, the motifs in the manākibnāmes were examined in this study. Information about the color symbolism of these motifs is given on the axis of old Turkish belief and Islam.

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