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Abstract Ahmed B. Abraham is the servant. Born in Seruc, emigrated to Damascus at a young age from there to Egypt and lived there. The scholars who lived from the second quarter of the VII/XIII century to the beginning of the VIII/XIV century lived in the period of Bahri Mamluks. In this period, scientific activities and those engaged in science had always been encouraged and scholars had been assigned important duties in society. In this context, Es-Serûcî was educated in the madrasahs and mosques of Egypt which was the science center of the period, by taking lessons from the important scholars of the time and educating many students here. In addition, due to his duty as a judge, he played an active role for a while in the politics of the period. Standing out especially with his knowledge in religious sciences, the scholar made a name for himself in his period and in the following centuries with the work he wrote in this field and named as al-Gâye. This work written on Al-Hidâye which is about the Hanafi jurisprudence, is also important because it is the first commentary on Al-Hidâye. Learning the religious and scientific sciences from the leading scholars of the period, the author had a deep knowledge in the field of Arabic language and literature as well as these sciences. In addition to his virtues such as teacher and judge duty, the best example of the author's interest in Arabic literature is undoubtedly Tuhfetu'l-Ashâb and Nuzhetu Zevi'l-Elbâb. In this work written by the author collecting a large number of sources, besides of examples from verses, hadith, and poems many genres of classical poetry and prose are included. In addition to the Arabic language and literature, this manuscript contains information on different fields such as history, literary history, medicine, sociology and geography as well as religious sciences. In this study, firstly the life and works of the author will be given and then the manuscript titled Tuḥfetu'l-Ashâb and Nuzhetu Zevi'l-Elbâb which have not been studied in the scientific world before, will be examined in terms of belonging to the author, copies of manuscripts, reason for copyright, content, used resources and method. Structured Abstract Mamluks period (648/1250-923/1517) has an important place in Arab cultural history. In addition to their political authorities, Mamluk rulers and statesmen have built scientific institutions such as madrasahs, mosques, masjids and lodges, zaviya, hangah and they not only protected the scientists but also encouraged the society to science and art by participating in the educational circles and scientific assemblies in these institutions. Es-Serucî, who lived in Damascus for the first years of his 73-year life and the rest in Egypt during the time of Bahrî Mamluks, was interested in science during the Bahrî Mamluks period and was brought to important positions in the society. He grew up by taking lessons from important scholars of the period in madrasahs and mosques in Egypt which was the center of science of his time and taught many students. And also, the scholars who were promoted to the authority of ṭi'l-uṭat played an active role in the politics of this period for a while. In addition to all this, another important point here is that as a scholar who knows the subtleties of the Arabic language, he has a sufficient knowledge in literature as well as religious sciences such as fiqh, hadith and Quran. Each of the sources providing information about Abu’l-Abbas’s morality praised him by mentioning his superior qualities. Es-Serûcî, whose place in science is accepted and appreciated by everyone, has a personality equipped with the characteristics of the scholars. This person, who is one of the leading and mentioned scholars of the period, is characterized by virtuous, imposing, supreme volunteer, piety, dignified, fair, brave, chaste, tolerant, straightforward, trustworthy and friendly. In addition to religious sciences, one of the distinguished personalities who stand out with his knowledge in various branches of science, such as language and literature, the researcher’s personality and the effort to go to primary sources are of great importance in this experience. It is also an indication that he had an endless curiosity towards science by writing a letter about the interpretation and asking the Andalusian scholar Abu Hayyan. The author's extensive knowledge of literature on topics such as Islamic sciences, linguistics and Arabic literature, medicine, botanics, natural science, neseb and his ability to skillfuly gather different topics and bringing them together, explain the reason for the richness of the subject in his book Tuhfetu'l-Ashâb and Nuzhetu Zevi'l-Elb. The mentioned manuscript which has ten copies have been identified in eight different libraries, incomplete and complete, has a great importance in terms of shedding light on the ancient Arab history, language, literature and culture from the pre-Ignorant period to the VIII./XIV. The century when the author passed away. In this context, in order to explain the subject in the best way, to impress and persuade the reader, the author first brought witnesses especially in verses and hadiths in every section and the words of scientists and scholars who had proven their genius in their fields and their poems and then competed it by bringing evidence from the most beautiful and rich types of classical Arabic language and literature which formed the foundations of modern literature such as poems, aphorisms, proverbs, ahbar, eyyamu'l-arab and menkıbe which were spoken from pre-Ignorance to their own times. It is also very important that the author explains the reason for writing it in the introduction of the work. Wishing that his work should be accepted as a good work in the sight of God and his mistakes should be corrected, the author asked the readers who examined this work to cover his mistakes and pray well to the person who ended the book with a good conclusion. This manuscript is divided into five main sections according to their subjects and each individual section is divided into sub-titles within itself. Accordingly, the content of the work is as follows: First chapter is the section where science, virtue, decency and related issues are covered. Second chapter is about lyric (ghazal), youth and old days, women and men etc. The third chapter deals with issues such as rulers, statesmen, letters and correspondences. The fourth chapter is about the history, epigrams and strange events accepted by everyone. The fifth chapter is related to the verbal and meaning arts and the subjects in this style. Consequently, in line with all of this information, by giving information about the life and works of Shemsuddîn es-Serûcî, his work titled Tuḥfetu'l-Ashâb and Nuzhetu evi'l-Elbâb will be examined under the subtitles such as introduction of the manuscripts, the reason for copyright, content and method.

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