Mustafa Dehqan

Independent researcher

E-mail: mustafadehqan@yahoo.com

Hasht Bihisht VI (Tabriz 1874): A Gloss on Idris Bidlisi's Vocabulary

Abstract. The Hasht Bihisht (“The Eight Paradises”) is a history of the first eight sultans of the Ottoman Empire, written in Persian by Idris Bidlisi (d. 926/1520). It offers indispensable information on the Ottomans including several first-hand historical accounts and some many cultural and social information on the Ottoman statesmen, ‘ulama’, and intellectuals. Beyond the historical importance of Hasht Bihisht, Idris' sophisticated language, use of metaphor, literary devices, and ambiguity were always lauded as a problematic feature of his historiography and style. The present short note deals with a 10th/16th century gloss concerning an Arabic word used in the margins of a manuscript of Book VI, still unpublished.

Keywords: Idris Bidlisi, Hasht Bihisht VI, Murad II, Ottoman, Persian, Arabic

Acknowledgements. I wish to express my gratitude to Veysel Şimşek, Michael L. Chyet, and Frenc Csirkés for their comments and suggestions.

DOI: 10.31250/1238-5018-2024-30-1-32-35

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 Received by the Editorial Board: 24.11.2023