Hamzaname (volume 55) review-text-dictionary

Turkish Hamzanâme texts, which were written by Hamzavî for the first time in 14th century, were one of the first Islamic adventure stories based on Hazrat Hamza. Hamzavî was the brother of Ahmedî, who was a divan poet known for his close relationship with Emir Suleyman. Owing to the name of his piece, he took this name, however; there is no information about his real name. Coming up somewhere in Anatolia, this piece is of great value not only because of its richness in vocabulary, but also its grammar structures representing the times in which it was written. The piece named Hamzanâme consist of seventy-two volumes. The 55th one is discussed in this study. After analyzing the text as a first step, the story of it was presented; then, translation with transcription was completed. Ultimately, comprehensive dictionary including all the vocabulary of the text was exhibited.