HUSEYN-I HAREZMI WHO NAME EASTERN TURKISH IN 14TH CENTURY AFTER HIS NAME AND HIS COMMENTARY KASHFU’L-HUDA ABOUT BUSIRI’S QASIDA-I BURDA
14. YÜZYIL DOĞU TÜRKÇESİNE ADINI VEREN HÜSEYN-İ HÂREZMÎ VE BÛSÎRÎ’NİN KASÎDE-İ BÜRDE’SİNE YAZDIĞI ŞERHİ KEŞFÜ'L-HÜDÂ

Author : B. Erdem DAĞISTANLIOĞLU
Number of pages : 26-39

Abstract

Kashfu’l-Huda is written by Huseyn-i Harezmi in the first half of the 15th century. It was presented to Abu’l-Hayr Khan after the conquering of Khwarezm. Kashfu’l-Huda takes a unique work among Husayn-i Harezmi’s Turkish language literary works. One of the copies is located at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin under the registration number Ms. or. oct. 1688 (BN), copied in 1758-1759. Süleymaniye Library, Mahmud Paşa Collection, under the registration number 271 (SN) is the other location of its copies. It is copied before 1474 (Date of death about Mahmud Pasa). Kashfu’l-Huda includes commentary work of Busiri’s text and also other data from Turkish and Islamic literature. This piece of ritual or traditional ode writing for Hz. Muhammad, Qasida-i Burda has a important position in the Islamic literature. Ka'b bin Zuhayr and Busiri’s poems are the most famous odes in this literary space. Busiri’s work is known as Qasidatu’l-Burdati’l-Mavsumatu bi’l-Kavakibi’d-Durriyati fi Madhi Hayri’l-Bariyya or Qasidatu’l-Bur’a and Qasidatu’l-Bur’iyya particularly in the Ottoman literary area. Husayn-i Harezmi and his commentary for Busiri’s ode, named Kashfu’l-Huda are quite unknown in Turkish language and literature researchers. Although, it’s acknowledged in Macalisu’n-Nafayis by Ali Şir Navayi about Huseyn-i Harezmi. In Turkish language and literature research, the period from 14th to early 15th century of the Eastern Turkish literature area is called from his name: Khwarezm Turkish. Ali Şir Nevayi informed about Huseyn-i Harezmi and his commentary of Qaside-i Burda, it’s written by Harezmîçe Turkî til. From this point of view, this term of Turkish literary called as Khwarezm Turkish by Janos Eckman. In this study, it is the purpose is to determine the importance of Kashfu’l-Huda in the Turkish literature.

Keywords

Harezmi, Kashfu’l-Huda, Eastern Turkish, Busiri, Burda.

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