Abstract:

In classical Turkish literature, masnavi poetry has a significant place. Husrev ü Şirin is a popular masnavi in both Turkish and Persian literatures. Husrev ü Şirin is the first masnavi written by Celilî who has works in both types of ghazal and masnavi in 16th century. This masnavi tells the story of Husrev-i Perviz who was one of the Sassanid monarchs and Şirin whose there are different narratives about her in literary sources, there is also a third character named Ferhad. Celilî prefers to construct the story by highlighting the love between Husrev and Şirin. There have been three discovered copy of the masnavi of Celilî; when a copy of Husrev ü Şirin is reconnoitred during the researches for cataloguing of “Millet Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi Türkçe ve Farsça Yazma Eserlerin Yeniden Kataloglanması Projesi” it is revealed that the text is a new copy of Celilî’s work. This copy draws attention by the reason of the fact that it is a new copy of Husrev ü Şirin and also, example of different copying style. Additionally, one of its important feature is that the masnavi is copied by a female copiest named Şerife Kâmile binti Mehmed Ataullah. In this article, firstly some information about Celilî and his works are going to be given and some features are going to be expressed by comparing studies about Husrev ü Şirin and this new discovered copy.The acquired information about the female copyist, Şerife Kâmile binti Mehmed Ataullah is also going to be given.

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