Abstract:

This work titled Miftāḥu'l-Jinān was written in 18th century Chagatai Turkish by Molla Kurban in Yarkend on August 6, 1750. It consists of 201 varaks. The work is divided into 25 chapters. Each chapter is divided into subsections. There are generally 17 lines on the pages. The original text is in Arabic. The Turkish copy we have is a translation from the text that was later translated into Persian. This translation was requested by the governor of the time, Muhammad Kurekani, and translated into Chagatai Turkish so that the public could understand this useful work. This information is given in the first pages of the thesis. The work is a religious text that explains Islamic commands and prohibitions, rituals to be performed at important moments, prayers to be recited, and what to do to get rid of some troubles and diseases. In the 16th century, the work was translated into Chagatai Turkish for the first time and has been translated or reproduced many times since then. Seven manuscripts and five lithographs were found in libraries in different countries. This shows that the work is very widespread and important. This study is based on the oldest of these, the Paris copy. The article focuses on the spelling and linguistic features of the work and tries to indicate the spelling understanding of the period, the grammatical situation and the preferences revealed by the detector.

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