REPRESENTATION (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)

Name: REPRESENTATION (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)
Author: Mirza Fethali Ahundzade (d. 1812 - d. 10 March 1878)

Title	REPRESENTATION (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)
Author	Mirza Fethali Ahundzade (d. 1812 - d. 10 March 1878)
Publication Date:	30/05/2022
Subject	Turkish Literature in the Renovation Period - theater
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID	temsilat-mirza-fethali-ahundzade-tees-1659
Date	1859
Notes	Mirza Fethali Ahundzade's theater work consisting of six comedies and one modern story (Deceived Kevakib). Ahunzade's series of Representatives were written in Azerbaijani Turkish, using the Arabic alphabet. In 1851, his comedies began to be serialized in Russian in the newspaper Kavkaz in Tiflis, and it was first published in Tbilisi in 1853, also in Russian, under the name Komedii Mirze Fetali Ahundova. It was staged in Russian for the first time. Akhundzade published his book Temsilâtes in Azerbaijani Turkish in 1859, adding his views on theater to his article titled Fihrist-i Kitab. This work of his; Hekayet-i Molla İbrahimhelil Kimyager, Hekayet-i Monsieur Jordan Hekim-i Nebatat ve Derviş Mesteli Şah Cadukun-i Meşhur, Sergüzeşt-i Vezir-i Han-ı Lankaran, Hekâyet-i Hırs-ı Ġuldurbasan, Sergüzeşt-i Merd-i Hesis (Hacı Ġara), Mürafie. It consists of the narrative comedies of his representatives and the story of Deceived Kevâkib (Hikâyet-i Yusuf Şah). Ahundzade wrote The Chemist, Monsieur Jordan and The Vizier of the Lankaran Khan in 1850, Hırs-i Guldurbasan in 1852, Hacı Gara in 1853, Murafie Deputies in 1855, and Deceived Kevâkib in 1857. In these comedies of Ahundzade, the ignorance of the people in general, superstitions, belief in sorcerers and fake dervishes, not valuing education, considering banditry and theft as bravery, greed, etc. Social problems such as were discussed. Namely, the subject of the four-act comedy called Hekâyet-i Molla İbrahim Halil Kimyager; Molla İbrahim Halil, a dishonest dervish, deceives people who have money and takes their money by saying that he turns copper into silver with a potion, which is the subject of the four-act comedy Tale of Monsieur Jordan Hekim-i Nebatat ve Derviş Mestali Şahadlı; Şerefnisa Hanım's appeal to the famous magician Derviş Mestali Şah to prevent her fiancée from going to Paris with the Parisian scholar Monsieur Jordan is the subject of the three-act comedy called Hekâyet-i Hırs-ı Guldur Basana. Bayram sets a trap for Peyzad, the girl he loves, in order to prevent her from marrying another man, and ultimately falls into that trap himself, which is the subject of the four-act comedy called Sergüzeşt-i Vezir-i Han-ı Lenkerana. The subject of the five-act comedy Sergüzeşt-i Merd-i Hasis Hacı Kara, in which the vizier does some bad things to gain power and is ultimately dismissed from the viziership due to his evil deeds; The subject of the three-act comedy called The Story of Muraffa Deputies is about the greedy merchant Hacı Kara trying to sell his goods illegally with bandits in order to earn more money. Sakine Hanım, who has no one left, receives an inheritance from her deceased brother and people who are not entitled to the inheritance play various tricks with the deceitful lawyer to seize that inheritance. In the story of Deceived Kevâkibadlı; One day, Shah Abbas is told that Merrik and Scorpion will come close to each other in the sky, and that this rapprochement will bring a great disaster to Iran and its shah. In order to prevent harm to the shah, he is replaced by a man who will suffer from these disasters, and the events that occur are told. Yavuz Akpınar, in his doctoral thesis titled Mirza Feth-Ali Ahund-zâde (In All Its Aspects); He says that Akhundzade mostly used the life of the Azerbaijani people in the early 19th century as the subject of his comedies and chose Azerbaijan as the location of the events depicted. Akpınar states that the characters portrayed by Ahundzade in his comedies are natural, belonging to a certain environment, and that these characters are portrayed not with their psychological depth, but as easy-to-understand types. He also adds that in his plays where social satire predominates, there are generally two characters, positive and negative, and that stereotypical characters are not encountered in these comedies. Akpınar states that these comedies entertain the public while making them think and aiming to educate them; the Chemist, Monsieur Jordan, Guldurbasan and Lankaran comedies are complete comedies of morals; However, he states that Hacı Kara has a character comedy, while Murafaa Deputies has a more dramatic style. The language used in Akhundzade's Temsilâ is a language that reflects the folk culture of Azerbaijan, just like the natural types created in his comedies. Proverbs, idioms and curses are frequently used in his comedies. Mirza Fethali Ahundzade's Temsilât had a great impact in regions such as Iran, Russia and Europe from the moment it was published, and it quickly began to be translated and staged. So much so that Yavuz Akpınar stated that the printing of Temsilât in Persian was considered the starting point of the birth and development of modern theater in Iran. Again, Akpınar gave information about the publication of comedies in his book Comedies, which he published in Turkish. Accordingly; The first publications about Akhundzade and his works in Western Europe were made in Germany, based on Russian texts. The first translation made in Europe, using the Persian publication of Temsilât, was published in London by W. Haggard and G. Le Strange in 1882, with the title The Vazir of Lankoran. The first translation in France was published by Barbier de Meynar in Les Les in 1883. It was published under the name Procureurs (Murafie Deputies), and in 1886, the comedies Murafie Deputies, Hırs-ı Guldurbasan and Kimyager were translated by Stanislav Gvyard together with Meynar. In addition, these comedies were published with their Persian texts in Paris under the name Trois Comedies Françes…, and in 1889, Adolp Wahramund published Monsieur Jordan in Vienna, and D. Lobeel and Wittman published The Vizier of the Lankaran Khan in German in Leipzig. The last publication in Europe was Comedies, published in French by UNECO in Paris in 1967. Despite this interest in Europe, Ahundzade's comedies were not sufficiently introduced in Turkey, only the comedy titled Veziria of the Lankaran Khan was translated from German into Turkish by Kurşunluzade Raşit under the title Lengeran Veziria and was published in Istanbul in 1932. A criticism of Ahmet Caferoğlu about this translation has been published. For the author's biography, see. "Mirza Fethali Ahund-zâde".Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN	978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı	Araş. Gör. Seher Erenbaş Pehlivan
Alfabesi	Arap
Yapısı	Mensur
Niteliği	Telif
Kaynakça	Akpınar, Yavuz (1980).Mirza Feth-Ali Ahund-zâde (Bütün Yönleriyle). Doktora Tezi. Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversitesi. Akpınar, Yavuz (1988) (Haz.).Mirza Fethali Ahundzade: Komediler (Temsilât). İzmir/Bornova: Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi. Bozkurt, Sahil (2000) (Haz.).Mirza Fethali Ahundof: Sanatı, Yaşamı, Tüm Oyunları. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.) (1975).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Axundov: Komediyalar. Bakı: Maarif Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (1978).M. F. Axundovun Realizmi.Bakı: Elm Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.). (1987).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Ahundov Əsǝrlǝri.Bakı: Elm Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.) (2004).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Axundzadǝ: Bǝdii vǝ Ədǝbi-Tǝnqidi Əsǝrlǝri.Bakı: Çaşıoğlu. Rustamli, Naila (2016).M. F. Ahundzade’nin Felsefi ve Toplumsal Görüşleri.Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Marmara Üniversitesi.
Atıf Bilgileri	Erenbaş Pehlivan, Seher. "TEMSİLÂT (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/temsilat-mirza-fethali-ahundzade-tees-1659. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].

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REPRESENTATION (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)

Author Mirza Fethali Ahundzade (d. 1812 - d. 10 March 1878)

Publication Date 30/05/2022

Subject Turkish Literature in the Renovation Period - theater

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works

Record ID temsilat-mirza-fethali-ahundzade-tees-1659

Date 1859

Notes Mirza Fethali Ahundzade's theater work consisting of six comedies and one modern story (Deceived Kevakib). Ahunzade's series of Representatives were written in Azerbaijani Turkish, using the Arabic alphabet. In 1851, his comedies began to be serialized in Russian in the newspaper Kavkaz in Tiflis, and it was first published in Tbilisi in 1853, also in Russian, under the name Komedii Mirze Fetali Ahundova. It was staged in Russian for the first time. Akhundzade published his book Temsilâtes in Azerbaijani Turkish in 1859, adding his views on theater to his article titled Fihrist-i Kitab. This work of his; Hekayet-i Molla İbrahimhelil Kimyager, Hekayet-i Monsieur Jordan Hekim-i Nebatat ve Derviş Mesteli Şah Cadukun-i Meşhur, Sergüzeşt-i Vezir-i Han-ı Lankaran, Hekâyet-i Hırs-ı Ġuldurbasan, Sergüzeşt-i Merd-i Hesis (Hacı Ġara), Mürafie. It consists of the narrative comedies of his representatives and the story of Deceived Kevâkib (Hikâyet-i Yusuf Şah). Ahundzade wrote The Chemist, Monsieur Jordan and The Vizier of the Lankaran Khan in 1850, Hırs-i Guldurbasan in 1852, Hacı Gara in 1853, Murafie Deputies in 1855, and Deceived Kevâkib in 1857. In these comedies of Ahundzade, the ignorance of the people in general, superstitions, belief in sorcerers and fake dervishes, not valuing education, considering banditry and theft as bravery, greed, etc. Social problems such as were discussed. Namely, the subject of the four-act comedy called Hekâyet-i Molla İbrahim Halil Kimyager; Molla İbrahim Halil, a dishonest dervish, deceives people who have money and takes their money by saying that he turns copper into silver with a potion, which is the subject of the four-act comedy Tale of Monsieur Jordan Hekim-i Nebatat ve Derviş Mestali Şahadlı; Şerefnisa Hanım's appeal to the famous magician Derviş Mestali Şah to prevent her fiancée from going to Paris with the Parisian scholar Monsieur Jordan is the subject of the three-act comedy called Hekâyet-i Hırs-ı Guldur Basana. Bayram sets a trap for Peyzad, the girl he loves, in order to prevent her from marrying another man, and ultimately falls into that trap himself, which is the subject of the four-act comedy called Sergüzeşt-i Vezir-i Han-ı Lenkerana. The subject of the five-act comedy Sergüzeşt-i Merd-i Hasis Hacı Kara, in which the vizier does some bad things to gain power and is ultimately dismissed from the viziership due to his evil deeds; The subject of the three-act comedy called The Story of Muraffa Deputies is about the greedy merchant Hacı Kara trying to sell his goods illegally with bandits in order to earn more money. Sakine Hanım, who has no one left, receives an inheritance from her deceased brother and people who are not entitled to the inheritance play various tricks with the deceitful lawyer to seize that inheritance. In the story of Deceived Kevâkibadlı; One day, Shah Abbas is told that Merrik and Scorpion will come close to each other in the sky, and that this rapprochement will bring a great disaster to Iran and its shah. In order to prevent harm to the shah, he is replaced by a man who will suffer from these disasters, and the events that occur are told. Yavuz Akpınar, in his doctoral thesis titled Mirza Feth-Ali Ahund-zâde (In All Its Aspects); He says that Akhundzade mostly used the life of the Azerbaijani people in the early 19th century as the subject of his comedies and chose Azerbaijan as the location of the events depicted. Akpınar states that the characters portrayed by Ahundzade in his comedies are natural, belonging to a certain environment, and that these characters are portrayed not with their psychological depth, but as easy-to-understand types. He also adds that in his plays where social satire predominates, there are generally two characters, positive and negative, and that stereotypical characters are not encountered in these comedies. Akpınar states that these comedies entertain the public while making them think and aiming to educate them; the Chemist, Monsieur Jordan, Guldurbasan and Lankaran comedies are complete comedies of morals; However, he states that Hacı Kara has a character comedy, while Murafaa Deputies has a more dramatic style. The language used in Akhundzade's Temsilâ is a language that reflects the folk culture of Azerbaijan, just like the natural types created in his comedies. Proverbs, idioms and curses are frequently used in his comedies. Mirza Fethali Ahundzade's Temsilât had a great impact in regions such as Iran, Russia and Europe from the moment it was published, and it quickly began to be translated and staged. So much so that Yavuz Akpınar stated that the printing of Temsilât in Persian was considered the starting point of the birth and development of modern theater in Iran. Again, Akpınar gave information about the publication of comedies in his book Comedies, which he published in Turkish. Accordingly; The first publications about Akhundzade and his works in Western Europe were made in Germany, based on Russian texts. The first translation made in Europe, using the Persian publication of Temsilât, was published in London by W. Haggard and G. Le Strange in 1882, with the title The Vazir of Lankoran. The first translation in France was published by Barbier de Meynar in Les Les in 1883. It was published under the name Procureurs (Murafie Deputies), and in 1886, the comedies Murafie Deputies, Hırs-ı Guldurbasan and Kimyager were translated by Stanislav Gvyard together with Meynar. In addition, these comedies were published with their Persian texts in Paris under the name Trois Comedies Françes…, and in 1889, Adolp Wahramund published Monsieur Jordan in Vienna, and D. Lobeel and Wittman published The Vizier of the Lankaran Khan in German in Leipzig. The last publication in Europe was Comedies, published in French by UNECO in Paris in 1967. Despite this interest in Europe, Ahundzade's comedies were not sufficiently introduced in Turkey, only the comedy titled Veziria of the Lankaran Khan was translated from German into Turkish by Kurşunluzade Raşit under the title Lengeran Veziria and was published in Istanbul in 1932. A criticism of Ahmet Caferoğlu about this translation has been published. For the author's biography, see. "Mirza Fethali Ahund-zâde".Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.

ISBN 978-9944-237-87-1

Madde Yazarı Araş. Gör. Seher Erenbaş Pehlivan

Alfabesi Arap

Yapısı Mensur

Niteliği Telif

Kaynakça Akpınar, Yavuz (1980).Mirza Feth-Ali Ahund-zâde (Bütün Yönleriyle). Doktora Tezi. Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversitesi. Akpınar, Yavuz (1988) (Haz.).Mirza Fethali Ahundzade: Komediler (Temsilât). İzmir/Bornova: Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi. Bozkurt, Sahil (2000) (Haz.).Mirza Fethali Ahundof: Sanatı, Yaşamı, Tüm Oyunları. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.) (1975).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Axundov: Komediyalar. Bakı: Maarif Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (1978).M. F. Axundovun Realizmi.Bakı: Elm Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.). (1987).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Ahundov Əsǝrlǝri.Bakı: Elm Neşriyyatı. Memmedov, Nadir (hzl.) (2004).Mirzǝ Fǝthǝli Axundzadǝ: Bǝdii vǝ Ədǝbi-Tǝnqidi Əsǝrlǝri.Bakı: Çaşıoğlu. Rustamli, Naila (2016).M. F. Ahundzade’nin Felsefi ve Toplumsal Görüşleri.Yüksek Lisans Tezi. Marmara Üniversitesi.

Atıf Bilgileri Erenbaş Pehlivan, Seher. "TEMSİLÂT (MİRZA FETHALİ AHUNDZÂDE)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/temsilat-mirza-fethali-ahundzade-tees-1659. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].