Abstract:

One of the religious-literary biographical genres evaluated in Islamic Turkish literature is menaqıbnames. Some of the works of this type, which were started to be written in Anatolia from the 12th century, were written in verse. In verse menaqıpnames in our literature are discussed in generally in this study. The study consists of introduction and seven chapters. In the introduction, information is given about the definition and the birth of the species. In the first chapter, in verse menaqıpnames are sorted according to centuries. In the second chapter, the spelling reasons of verse menaqıpnames are explained. In the third chapter, the features of this works are emphasized. In the fourth chapter, the menaqıpnames with translation and similar features are mentioned. In the fifth chapter, information are given about the language and stylistic features of menaqıbnames. In the sixth chapter, the contents of the works are emphasized. In the seventh chapter, the miracle motifs in verse menaqıpnames are mentioned. In this study, it is aimed to contribute to the researchers interested in the subject and to guide the persons who want to read the religious-sufistic personalities’s biography with the works written by the poetry.

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