Abstract
A Story Collection which Author Unknown: Menâkib-i Hamsîn
Menâkib-i Hamsîn which listed Library of the Topkapı
Palace Museum Hazine 1279 recorded is a corpus of
stories collected from various tricks. In this book there are
two chapters and sixty six stories. In first chapter there are
stories about the tricks of the rulers and the scholars. The
second chapter is devoted to stories involving tradesmen,
thieves, females and animals. The unknown author
brought these stories from the events he heard or received
works in previous periods. The importance of Menâkib-i
Hamsîn is the original stories that also contain the local
and native things in it. Stories in which some historical
personalities are included are seen as important documents
in terms of social history. These stories are also remarkable
in terms of the sociality and locality of literature.
In this article, general informations has been given
about Menâkib-i Hamsîn. The copy of work, its name, the
person to whom it was presented is discussed in the article.
Informed about the contents of the stories one sentence and
stories that common to previous works has been identified.
In addition, within the bounds of the article has been
mentioned person, place and time features. At the end of
the article has been given as an example one of stories with
local and native features.
Keywords
Menâkib-i Hamsîn, short story, ruses.