Nâbî`nin Tuhfetü`l-Harameyn Adlı Seyahatnamesinin Edebî Kaynakları

Nabi in his pilgrimage narrative called Tuhfetü\`l-harameyn quotes a number of verses from such classical Persian and Turkish poets in order to compose the narrative in a prose style accepted in his period. Most of these quotations are from 15th century Persian poet Muhyi\`s Fütuhu\`l-harameyn, which was also attributed to the distinguished poet Abdurrahman Cami for a long time. Despite of all these quotations, Nabi\`s narrative can not be regarded as an imitation of Muhyi\`s verse narrative Fütuhu\`l-harameyn. Tuhfetü\`l-harameyn undoubtedly remains original from the point if its content and prose style. Because it is a narrative based on Nabi\`s real journey to Urfa, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo and Mecca in the years 1089-1090/1678-79.