A transcription and textual analysis of Medhiye-i Ali Paşa ve Gencîne-i Pür-Temâşâ

The subject of this thesis is Medhiye-i Ali Paşa ve Gencîne-i Pür-Temâşâ written by Şâzî in 1619 to praise Sultan Osman's grand vizier Ali Pasha who is known as İstanköylü, Çelebi and Güzelce. Şâzî's work contains literary prose style (inşâ) and poem in praise of Ali Pasha and his valor and a story about a sultan and his grand vizier. This work is divided into three chapters. The first chapter which contains the remarks of the contemporary researchers about the 17th century and its changing power centres examines and gives information about Şâzî and Ali Pasha's life. Second chapter which is centred around Şâzî's text examines his prose style and aims to show that Şâzî wants to make a difference in literature and thus hopes to find a patron, Ali Pasha, to support him. Furthermore, quotations from Hüsn ü Dil written by Âhî ve Lâmi'î are examined in this chapter. Describing the method of textual analysis and transcription system as well as giving information about manuscript, the third and the last chapter concludes with a transcription of the text.