Kava id-i Teshirat by İbn-i İsa:|An analysis and transcription

Abstract

This thesis mentions about a different aspect of dîvân poetry that was studied in many workings so far. Dîvân poetry is a literary tradition that is mostly discussed in poem-centered workings. Based on the text named ÚavÀèid - i TesòìrÀt , however, this working is about the relation of hidden knowledges and dîvân poetry. Hidden knowledges is an expression used for cifir, remil, fal, hurûf, ebced, ilm-i nücûm, sihir, tılsım, havas, vefk etc. Because dîvân poets are scholars, they also use the knowledge and terminology of hidden knowledges in their literary works. ÚavÀèid - i TesòìrÀt that was written by İbn-i İsa who is scholar and poet of 16. century consists of 15 parts. It is a prose work and about magic and talisman. This study consists of 5 parts. In the first part knowledge of magic and talisman in dîvân poetry was discussed generally. In the second part, after the writing plan, language and narration style of the work were examined, the work was evaluated in terms of telif (writing) and tasnif (re-arrangement) issue. In the third part, the content of ÚavÀèid - i TesòìrÀt , was analysied under the titles such as ilm-i nücûm, ilm-i hurûf, ilm-i ebced, ilm-i tâbir-i rüyâ, esma-i hüsna and anasır-ı erbaa by giving couplets of dîvân poets, too. By this way, the issue of how dîvân poets use these knowledges was tried to be seen by a partial comparative approach. In the fifth part, the copies of ÚavÀèid - i TesòìrÀt , were introduced and the text was given with a transcription. By this thesis, a new work was brought to the light and offered to the academical world.