AN ASSESSMENT ON THE ELEGY “NÂMEH‐YE AHL‐E KHORASAN/ LETTER OF KHORASAN PEOPLE” WRİTTEN BY ANVARÎ ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE OF KHORASAN

ENVERÎ’NİN HORASAN HALKININ DİLİNDEN YAZDIĞI “NÂME‐Yİ EHL‐İ HORASAN” ADLI KASİDESİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

Toward the end of Sultan Sanjar’s reign, during the invasion of Oghuz, Khorasan region wasdragged to a huge commotion. In fact, many cities and people directly affected by this turmoil. Afterfalling prisoner Sanjarʹs efforts to re‐establish order could not be successful, the irregularitiescontinued in conjunction with his death shortly after his captivity.Envarî who is the Sultanʹs poet laureate, had expressed the grievances of people of Khorasan bythe elegy (qasîdah) called Nâme‐ye Ahl‐e Khorasan/letter of Khorasan’s people to Samarkand’sgovernor Rukn al‐Din Tamgach Mahmud Khan. The Poet is begging the rescue of people ofKhorasan from this bad situation. Our study will focus on the causes and consequences of Oguzrebellion and translation of Envarî’s elegy.

Özet

Sultan Sencer’in döneminin sonlarına doğru yaşanan Oğuz istilası sırasında Horasan bölgesi

Keywords: Büyük Selçuklu Devleti, Sultan Sencer, Oğuz İsyanı, Horasan, Nâme‐yi Ehl‐i Horasan/ Horasan Halkının