The last known example of verse menaqıpname ın our lıterature: the work named “abdülkadir-i geylani hazretleri” of aşık molla rahim

Most of the religious-literary genres in Islamic Turkish literature consist of the works written with both the teaching function and the function of evoking aesthetic experience of the language. One of these species is menâkıbnâmeler which is important in terms of literature, religion, mysticism, history and folklore. This type of works written prose, verse, prose-verse mixed are biographical works written about the religious-sufistic personalities, people belonging to various occupational groups and their families. These works include life stories, miracles, important events and sometimes spiritual-physical features (hilye) of the persons. The number of verse menaqıpnames in our literature is over thirty. The last known example of this work belongs to Aşık Molla Rahim with his mesnevi named Abdulkadir Geylani Hazretleri. This study has been written in order to make an evaluation on this menaqıpname written in the middle of the 20th century. The study consists of the tntroduction and the three sections following its. In the introduction, the definition, development and importance of menaqıpnames have been mentioned. In the first chapter, information about verse menaqıpnames in our literature is given. In the third chapter, the the work named “Abdülkadir Geylani Hazretleri” is examined in terms of author, reason of writing, language and style features, shape and content properties. In this study, it is aimed to introduce the menaqıpname written by syllabic meter unlike the other poem samples to the researchers interested in the subject and the people who want to read the life story and miracles of Abdülkadir-i Geylani with the different style.