Abstract:

Wasilat al-Najat, also called as Mawlid, written by Süleyman Çelebi has received great interest both in Anatolia and in the Balkans since its composition. Sometimes it has been read as a prose and some other times in a musical composition. It did not, however, remain as a readonly text in those geographies, and turned rather into a sociological phenomenon to give direction to Muslims when they faced hardships in life. In fact, there were also times when Muslims had to protect their religion and identities through Mawlid. In some regions,  ompositions were written for the Mawlid to be rememdered easily, not forgotten, and passed on to future generations easily. One of these compositions came from the Romanian Tatars and Turks, recited collectively in the region of Dobruca, Romania. Its composer is not known; however, it is clearly authentic. Some of the melodic motifs in the composition indicate the possibility that some parts of the work were written in the period of composition and there were also parts added later to the main composition. Therefore, this study examines the  subject in question in light of some available information. Some couples recited together in the Mawlid composed in Dobruca are arranged with gulbank, dua, salawat, hymns specifi c to Romanian Tatars and Turks. We conducted a musical analysis of the work and wrote down its notes for the benefi t of the reader because the Mawlid composed in Dobruca is recited widely and in the  minds of many people in any age in this geography, as a lively symbol of unity and togetherness. 

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