International Journal Of Language Literature And Culture Researches

Abstract

Sultan Murad II, who was interested in art and literature, and sometimes sang poetry, made an effort to have his palace as a scientific council, organized scientific assemblies there and held meetings with poets twice a week. Murad II gave great support to scientific institutions, local and foreign scholars, and was known as the patron of scholars. He was one of the first Ottoman sultans to write poetry, and his poems are scattered in poet biographies and poetry magazines. During his reign, translation activities from Persian and Arabic to Turkish accelerated, and attention was paid to ensure that the language of the works written or translated was understandable. During the reign of this sultan, important scholars and Sufis were raised in the Ottoman lands. One of them was Hızır Bey. Hızır Bey exhibited his skill with the works he wrote in Turkish, Arabic and Persian. One of the important works written by Hızır Bey is the Persian treatise called Tuhfe-i Sultan Murad Han. In this treatise gifted to Murad II, there are narrations about Prophet Adam giving forty years of his life to Prophet David, our Prophet performing the obligatory noon prayer as four rakats in Medina and then performing the afternoon prayer as two rakats in Dhulhulayfa and the questions and answers related to these narrations. information has been given. In this study, the Persian treatise called Tuhfe-i Sultan Murad Han, located in the Istanbul Beyazıt Library (nr. B5577, p. 41b-44b), will be discussed for the first time and its Turkish translation will be included.