Abstract:

Fahruddin Benâkitî was probably born in Benâket, a Turkish settlement in Transoxiana, after the middle of the h.VII. century. Benâkıtî, one of the important poets of the Ilkhanid State, also came to the fore with his historiography. The author, who received the protection and compliment of one of the Ilkhanid rulers, Gazan Khan (1295-1304), succeeded in becoming one of his close men. Although his situation in the palace deteriorated during the reign of Olcaytu Khan (1304-1316), his star rose again during the reign of Abu Sa’id Bahadır Khan (1317-1335). Benâkıtî, who was commissioned by this ruler to write a history book, completed his work History of Benâkıtî and presented it to Abu Sa’id Bahadır Khan in 1317. The work has the feature of being a general history with the information it contains. In the fourth chapter of History of Benâkıtî, which consists of nine chapters, the dynasties of the Abbasids are mentioned. One of them is the Ghaznavids, one of the medieval Turkish-Islamic states. The work presents a very short description appearance in terms of the history of the Ghaznavids. In addition to this, the authenticity of the information he conveyed in terms of history also needs confirmation. In this study, the Ghaznavid part of the work was examined. The aforementioned section has been translated and its value has been tried to be revealed by comparing it with other sources of the period.