Anonymous Turkish commentaries of Ka'b b. Zuheyr's Qasidat al-Burdah (Analysis-text)

There are two qasidas called "Qasidat al-Burdah" in Arabic literature. The first one is the qasida starting with the sentence "Banat Suʿâd", which Ka'b ibn Zuhayr wrote it to express his contrition after he satirized the Prophet in a poem; the second one is the qasida written by al-Busiri, who lived about six centuries after him, with the hope that his paralyzed body would be healed. In this study, that we aim to identify and analyze the anonymous Turkish commentaries on Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's " Qasidat al-Burdah "; two commentaries registered in Çorum Hasan Paşa Public Library number 2132/2 and Süleymaniye Library, Mehmed Sefayihi number 15, are transcribed. In the study, which consists of an introduction and two main chapter, first of all, two qasidas called "Qasidat al-Burdah" are analyzed comparatively. In the first chapter of the study, the commentary method is analyzed with the spelling, form, language and stylistic features of the Ç and S copies and a comparative dictionary of the words and concepts in the commentaries are prepared. In the second chapter of the study, the transcripted text of the Ç and S copies is given by explaining the method followed in the preparation of the texts. As a result of the study, the differences between the two qasidas called "Qasidat al-Burdah" are revealed and two anonymous Turkish commentaries on Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's "Qasidat al-Burdah " have been brought to the scientific world.