CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

Preface

On the Pronunciation of the Ottoman Names and Words

List of the Ottoman Sultans

Corrigenda

BOOK I: INTRODUCTORY

Chapter I: The Origin, Character and Scope of Ottoman Poetry

Chapter II: Tradition, Philosophy and Mysticism

Chapter III: Verse-Forms, Prosody and Rhetoric

Chapter IV: Historical Outline

BOOK II: THE FIRST PERIOD

Note on the Authorities for the First Period

Chapter I: The Early Mystics — Jelál-ud-Dín. Sultán Veled. Yúnus Imre. Ἅshiq Pasha

Chapter II: The Beginning of Secular Poetry — Teftázání. Cadi Burhán-ud-Dín

Chapter III: The First Ottoman Poets — Ahmed. Niyází. Suleymán Chelebi

Chapter IV: Riveting the Yoke — Prince Suleymán’s Poets. Ahmed-i Dá῾í

Chapter V: The Romancists — Ahmedí

Chapter VI: The Romancists (continued) — Sheykhí

Chapter VII: The Hurúfís — Nesimi. Refí῾í

Chapter VIII: The Scribe and his Sons — Saláh-ud-Dín. Yaziji-oghli Mehemmed

Chapter IX: Minor Poets — Lyric Writers. Mevlevís. Romancists

Chapter X: Concluding Remarks — The Position at the Close of the First Period. Eastern and Western Culture in the Middle Ages

APPENDIX: —

First Lines of tile Turkish Text of the Poems translated in Volume I.