Şemsi-yi Bagdadi's Mathnawi Manzar-i Ebrar and comprasion with Nizami's Mahzenü'l Esrar

In this study, Şemsi-yi Baghdadi's mathnawi named Manzar-i ebrar, one of the X/XVI. century poets, was reviewed and compared with Nizami-i Gencevi's Mahzenu'l esrar, which was written in nazire. While preparing the revised text of the work of art, the only copy registered with 294 fixture number in the Hadji Ahmed Pasha collection of Köprülü Manuscript Library was utilized. The study consists of an introduction and five chapters. The first chapter includes an overview of the period in which Şemsi-yi Baghdadi lived, the second chapter includes the review of Manzar-i ebrar and the third part includes Nizami-i Gencevi's Mahzenü'l esrâr and the replies in kind written dedicated to it. In the fourth chapter, Nizami-i Gencevi's Mahzenü'l esrar and Şemsi-i Bağdadi's Manzar-i ebrar were compared and in the fifth section, the revised text of Manzar-i ebrar was included. Keywords: Nazire, Nizami, Şemsi, Manzar-i ebrar, Mahzenu'l esrar.