TWO NA‘T-I SHARIFS WRITTEN IN ÇAGATAY TURKISH AND CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION

Ramazan Çelik

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TWO NA‘T-I SHARIFS WRITTEN IN ÇAGATAY TURKISH AND CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION

Authors:

Ramazan Çelik

Publisher:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Main Topics:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Journal:

Uluslararası Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.383-402

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355626

pISSN:

2651-5180

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Abstract:

 Poems written with the love of the Prophet pbuh have an important place in Turkish literature. In addition to verses with narrative narrative such as sîret, miraciyye and mawlid, nat poems with a strong literary aspect were also written about him. In Islamic literatures, the poems written to praise the Prophet, to ask for his intercession, and to describe his beautiful qualities are called nat. Nat poems were first seen in Arabic literature and then passed to Persian and Turkish literatures. These poems were seen in the classical Turkish poetry tradition that developed in the Ottoman field as well as in texts written in Eastern Turkish. In this study, two nat written in Chagatai Turkish, one in the form of muhammes and the other in the form of museddes, are analyzed. The first nat, which has not been the subject of any study and has not been encountered in written sources so far, belongs to a poet named Muharrem Shah, whose identity has not yet been determined, and the other belongs to Meşreb d. 1711. With this study, it has been tried to examine how the love of the Prophet Muhammad found a home among the Eastern Turks. Both nat, which also have the characteristics of the genre of Şefâat-nâme, are analyzed in terms of form, content, language and expression. At the end of the study, the original texts of the nat with transcription alphabet and the translations of these texts into todays Turkish are given. On this occasion, two nat-i şerifs written in Chagatai Turkish and not found in written sources have been presented to the benefit of the scholarly world and an attempt has been made to contribute to the literature in this field.

 Poems written with the love of the Prophet pbuh have an important place in Turkish literature. In addition to verses with narrative narrative such as sîret, miraciyye and mawlid, nat poems with a strong literary aspect were also written about him. In Islamic literatures, the poems written to praise the Prophet, to ask for his intercession, and to describe his beautiful qualities are called nat. Nat poems were first seen in Arabic literature and then passed to Persian and Turkish literatures. These poems were seen in the classical Turkish poetry tradition that developed in the Ottoman field as well as in texts written in Eastern Turkish. In this study, two nat written in Chagatai Turkish, one in the form of muhammes and the other in the form of museddes, are analyzed. The first nat, which has not been the subject of any study and has not been encountered in written sources so far, belongs to a poet named Muharrem Shah, whose identity has not yet been determined, and the other belongs to Meşreb d. 1711. With this study, it has been tried to examine how the love of the Prophet Muhammad found a home among the Eastern Turks. Both nat, which also have the characteristics of the genre of Şefâat-nâme, are analyzed in terms of form, content, language and expression. At the end of the study, the original texts of the nat with transcription alphabet and the translations of these texts into todays Turkish are given. On this occasion, two nat-i şerifs written in Chagatai Turkish and not found in written sources have been presented to the benefit of the scholarly world and an attempt has been made to contribute to the literature in this field.

 Poems written with the love of the Prophet pbuh have an important place in Turkish literature. In addition to verses with narrative narrative such as sîret, miraciyye and mawlid, nat poems with a strong literary aspect were also written about him. In Islamic literatures, the poems written to praise the Prophet, to ask for his intercession, and to describe his beautiful qualities are called nat. Nat poems were first seen in Arabic literature and then passed to Persian and Turkish literatures. These poems were seen in the classical Turkish poetry tradition that developed in the Ottoman field as well as in texts written in Eastern Turkish. In this study, two nat written in Chagatai Turkish, one in the form of muhammes and the other in the form of museddes, are analyzed. The first nat, which has not been the subject of any study and has not been encountered in written sources so far, belongs to a poet named Muharrem Shah, whose identity has not yet been determined, and the other belongs to Meşreb d. 1711. With this study, it has been tried to examine how the love of the Prophet Muhammad found a home among the Eastern Turks. Both nat, which also have the characteristics of the genre of Şefâat-nâme, are analyzed in terms of form, content, language and expression. At the end of the study, the original texts of the nat with transcription alphabet and the translations of these texts into todays Turkish are given. On this occasion, two nat-i şerifs written in Chagatai Turkish and not found in written sources have been presented to the benefit of the scholarly world and an attempt has been made to contribute to the literature in this field.

 Türk edebiyatında Hz. Peygamber sav sevgisi ile yazılmış şiirler önemli bir yere sahiptir. Onunla alakalı sîret, miraciyye, mevlid gibi tahkiyeli anlatımı ön planda olan manzumelerin yanında edebî yönü güçlü natlar da yazılmıştır. İslam edebiyatlarında Hz. Peygamberi methetmek, ondan şefaat talep etmek, onun güzel vasıflarını anlatmak maksadıyla yazılan şiirlere nat adı verilmiştir. Natlar ilk olarak Arap edebiyatında görülmüş ardından Fars ve Türk edebiyatlarına geçmiştir. Bu şiirler, Osmanlı sahasında gelişen klasik Türk şiiri geleneğinde olduğu gibi Doğu Türkçesi ile yazılan metinlerde de görülmüştür. Çalışmada, Çağatay Türkçesi ile biri muhammes diğeri müseddes nazım şekliyle yazılmış iki nat incelenmiştir. Herhangi bir çalışmaya konu olmayan ve yazılı kaynaklarda şimdiye kadar rastlanmayan natlardan birincisi Muharrem Şah adlı kimliği henüz tespit edilemeyen bir şaire, diğeri ise Meşrebe ö. 1711 aittir. Çalışma ile Hz. Peygamber sevgisinin Doğu Türkleri arasında nasıl makes bulduğu irdelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Şefâat-nâme türüne ait özellikleri de barındıran her iki nat şekil, muhteva, dil ve anlatım özellikleriyle incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda transkripsiyon alfabesi ile natların orijinal metinleri ve bu metinlerin günümüz Türkçesine aktarılmış hâli verilmiştir. Bu vesile ile Çağatay Türkçesiyle kaleme alınan ve yazılı kaynaklarda rastlanmayan iki nat-ı şerif, ilim âleminin istifadesine sunulmuş ve bu alandaki literatüre katkı sağlamaya çalışılmıştır.

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TWO NA‘T-I SHARIFS WRITTEN IN ÇAGATAY TURKISH AND CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION

Authors:

Ramazan Çelik

Publisher:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Main Topics:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Journal:

Uluslararası Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.383-402

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355626

pISSN:

2651-5180

Classical Turkish Literature

Chagatai Turkish

Muharrem Shah

Shah Mashreb

Manzum Religious Genres

Na‘t

Şefaat-nâme.Klasik Türk Edebiyatı

Çağatay Türkçesi

Muharrem Şah

Şah Meşreb

Manzum Dinî Türler

Na‘t

Şefâat-nâme.

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Authors: Ramazan Çelik

Publisher: Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Main Topics: Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Journal: Uluslararası Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.383-402

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355626

pISSN: 2651-5180

Issues

Authors:

Ramazan Çelik

Publisher:

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

Main Topics:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Journal:

Uluslararası Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.383-402

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355626

pISSN:

2651-5180