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Muṣṭafā Ḍarīr
Muṣṭafā Ḍarīr (seventh-century AH/fourteenth-century CE, born in Erzurum) was a Turkish-speaking scholar. His epithet ''ḍarīr'' means 'blind' and he is believed to have been blind from birth.Fahi̇r İz, 'Sheyyād Ḥamza', in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'', ed. by Paul Bearman and others, 2nd edn (Ledein: Brill, 1960-2005), . According to Fahi̇r İz, "Ḍarīr shows remarkable mastery of ''ʿarūḍ''; his verse is fluent and he often reaches the heights of lyric poetry. His pleasant and simple prose is one of the best specimens of early Turkish narrative style". Works Muṣṭafā Ḍarīr composed the following works: * ''Tarjumat al-Ḍarīr'' (a five-volume Turkish-language adaptation and expansion of Abu al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī's version of Ibn Isḥāq's ''sīra'', commissioned by the then sultan of Egypt, al-Manṣūr ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī, and completed in 790 AH/1388 CE). * A translation and adaptation of ''Futūḥ al-Shām'' by al-Wāqidī, which Muṣṭafā Ḍ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of ancient Theodosiopolis. The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age. Erzurum has winter sports facilities, hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade, and the 2023 Winter Deaflympics (in March 2024). Name and etymology The city was originally known in Armenian language, Armenian as Karno K'aghak' (), meaning city of Karin, to distinguish it from the district of Karin (wikt:Կարին, Կարին). It is presumed its name was derived from a local tribe called the Karenitis. Darbinian, M. "Erzurum," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, vol. 4, p. 93. An alternate theory contends that a local princely family, the Kams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
