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Alî Şîr Nevâyî’s influence over both Chagatai literature and Turkic literature as a whole is indisputable. He consciously composed his works in the Chatagai language at a time when people predominantly wrote in Persian – thereby contributing immensely to his literary identity. That said, he also had mastery of Persian as well – enough to enable him to pen an entire diwan in it. That book is peppered with a whole host of poetic genres – namely gazel, müseddes, terkîb-bend, rübâ’î, kıt’a, tarih, lugaz, muammâ, and müfredler, alongside a multi-qaside mersiye or elegy titled “Sitte-i Zarûriyye,” which he dedicated to Molla Câmî. On that note, four extra quasides not found in the original manuscript exist here in Turkey. Collectively referred to as “Fusûl-i Erba’a” and written as an ode to Sultan Hüseyn-i Baykara, each one is themed after each of the four seasons – “Seretân,” “Hazân,” “Bahâr,” and “Dey.” In this study, we shall explore Nevâyî s Turkic and Persian literary career, briefly introduce our readers both to “Sitte-i Zarûriyye” and to “Fusûl-i Erba’a,” and offer a Modern Turkish translation of “Seretân ” – the latter in the hope that other translations will follow and be published for future reference as well.

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