An Outline of the Arabic Translation Process During the Abbasid Period Through Al-Mas'Udi's Works

El-Mes'Udiye Göre Abbasiler Döneminde Arapça Kültürü ve Kültürler Arası İletişim

Abstract

Arabic society having started to inherit the classical works of the splendid neigbouring cultures from very beginning of the Abbasid period, it is not surprising to see within the literary Arabic books a great deal of records relating to the various aspects of the case. Surely, it is due to these records that many modern studies in the field had grown up and many were compiled with. Naturally, the analysis on the data qouted by various scholars had done much contribution to the growing of the related knowledge. Yet, I methodically, think the studies focusing on the ground of the whole data presented only by a certain scholar deserve further attention, which is to be regarded the true key for the correct understanding of the historical process. It was that idea what directed me to do a research on al-Ma'sûdî's works. First of all, I tried to see in al-Mas'ûdî's works namely Murûdj al-zahab, al-Tanbîh wa'l-ishrâf and Akhbâr al-zamân all what has a sense to the translation activity. And that was the scheme of the draft itself. The data was seen to be convenient for an evaluation of cultural activity, science and translation, religious and cultural groups of people, behaivour of people towards the current cultural movements and the ideological and theoretical background of the translations.

Özet

Bu çalışmada Abbasîler döneminde kültürlerin Arapça çatısındaki iletişimi ve bununla ilgili etkinlikler ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın kapsamı, el-Mesû'dî'nin Mumcu'z-zeheb, et-Tenbîh ve '/-işraf ile Ahbcıru 'z-zemân adlı eserleri ile sınırlıdır. Esas olarak bu kaynakların konu çerçevesinde içerdiği kayıt ve değerlendirmelerin bir bütün olarak tespiti ve yorumu hedeflenmiştir. İçerik, ulaşılan verilere göre düzenlenmiştir. Yazının temel amacı elde edilen bilgileri kendi bütünlüğü içinde anlamak ve ortaya koymaktır.