Abstract
Nâbî's Mi'râc-nâme
Mi’rac-nâme is a kind of poem which includes the night
of the Prophet Mohammed’s miraculous journey. There is
a lot of mi’rac-nâmes in the Arab, Iran and Turkish
literatures. The first mi’rac-nâme was written in the XVth
century in Turkish Literature. XVth century’s Turkish
poet Ahmedî wrote the first mi’râc-nâme. Prof. Metin
Akar who had a Ph.D about mi’râc-nâme, proved nearly
30 mi’râc-nâmes except Nâbî’s Mi’rac-nâme. This article
intends to introduce Nâbî’s work. XVIIth century’s
Ottoman poet Nabi besides his ten books also wrote a
Mi’rac-nâme. This work is 525 couplets and written in the
mesnevi form. Among Nâbî’s hundered of Divan copies,
only 6 manuscripts include mi’rac-nâme. This work might
be the poet’s final book.
Keywords
Mi’rac-nâme, Poem, Miraculous, Turkish, Literature, Nâbî, Mesnevi, XVIth century.