NIGARISTAN (İBN KEMÂL)

Name: NIGARISTAN (İBN KEMÂL)
Author: İbn Kemal, Kemâlpaşa-zâde (b. ?/1469 - d. ?/1534)

Title	NIGARISTAN (İBN KEMÂL)
Author	İbn Kemal, Kemâlpaşa-zâde (b. ?/1469 - d. ?/1534)
Publication Date:	17/04/2022
Subject	Written Literature / Divan Literature - Gulistan naziresi
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID	nigaristan-ibn-kemal
Date	939/1532-1533
Notes	The work written by Kemalpaşa-zâde as a parallel to Sheikh Sâdî-i Şirâzî's famous work Gülistân. Nigaristân consists of 1 introduction and 8 chapters. In the introduction of the work, the author praised Allah and Hz. It explains the reason why it was written after the blessings upon the Prophet. Accordingly, while he was sitting in a corner at dawn in the spring, he offered his friend Kemalpaşa-zâde to wander around the garden together. While returning from a trip, the author sees the bouquet of flowers his friend collected for him as a gift and tells him that he is thinking of writing a permanent work against all these temporary beauties. He likes this idea of his friend Kemalpaşa-zâde and supports him. In this regard, the author stated without hesitation that he occasionally quoted from this book in his work, which he wrote as a parallel to Gülistan, and dedicated his work to the grand vizier of the period, İbrahim Pasha (Çiçekler 1994: 77). The first part, where the sultans' secrets are told, consists of 149 stories. These stories are generally selected from past rulers. In the second part, the situation of the dervishes is explained, mentioning the need not to be greedy for worldly goods. In the third chapter, contentment is discussed, in the fourth chapter, the virtue of silence and speech, in the fifth chapter, love and youth, in the sixth chapter, weakness and old age, in the seventh chapter, the effect of good manners on people, and in the last chapter, conversation etiquette and the issues of accident and fate are emphasized (Çiçekler 1994: 78-80). Some of the stories in Nigaristan are taken from Gülistan. However, Kemalpaşa-zâde left his own style mark on the stories told by using long descriptions and selective narration, and changed the poems most of the time. In addition to Gülistân, especially in the sections where Sufis are mentioned, it is seen that the author also passed through his own style crucible and quoted from Nigaristân'a Attâr's work titled Tezkiretü'l-Evliyâ (Flowers). 1994: 77). A doctoral thesis was prepared on Nigarista, of which many copies were found in domestic and foreign libraries (Çiçekler 1994). For the author's biography, see. "İbn Kemâl, Kemâlpaşa-zâde".Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN	978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hulusi Eren
Alfabesi	Arap
Yapısı	Manzum-Mensur
Niteliği	Telif
Kaynakça	Çiçekler, Mustafa (1994).Kemâl Paşa-zâde ve Nigâristân’ı. Doktora Tezi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi.
Atıf Bilgileri	Eren, Hulusi. "NİGÂRİSTÂN (İBN KEMÂL)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/nigaristan-ibn-kemal. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].

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NIGARISTAN (İBN KEMÂL)

Author İbn Kemal, Kemâlpaşa-zâde (b. ?/1469 - d. ?/1534)

Publication Date 17/04/2022

Subject Written Literature / Divan Literature - Gulistan naziresi

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works

Record ID nigaristan-ibn-kemal

Date 939/1532-1533

Notes The work written by Kemalpaşa-zâde as a parallel to Sheikh Sâdî-i Şirâzî's famous work Gülistân. Nigaristân consists of 1 introduction and 8 chapters. In the introduction of the work, the author praised Allah and Hz. It explains the reason why it was written after the blessings upon the Prophet. Accordingly, while he was sitting in a corner at dawn in the spring, he offered his friend Kemalpaşa-zâde to wander around the garden together. While returning from a trip, the author sees the bouquet of flowers his friend collected for him as a gift and tells him that he is thinking of writing a permanent work against all these temporary beauties. He likes this idea of his friend Kemalpaşa-zâde and supports him. In this regard, the author stated without hesitation that he occasionally quoted from this book in his work, which he wrote as a parallel to Gülistan, and dedicated his work to the grand vizier of the period, İbrahim Pasha (Çiçekler 1994: 77). The first part, where the sultans' secrets are told, consists of 149 stories. These stories are generally selected from past rulers. In the second part, the situation of the dervishes is explained, mentioning the need not to be greedy for worldly goods. In the third chapter, contentment is discussed, in the fourth chapter, the virtue of silence and speech, in the fifth chapter, love and youth, in the sixth chapter, weakness and old age, in the seventh chapter, the effect of good manners on people, and in the last chapter, conversation etiquette and the issues of accident and fate are emphasized (Çiçekler 1994: 78-80). Some of the stories in Nigaristan are taken from Gülistan. However, Kemalpaşa-zâde left his own style mark on the stories told by using long descriptions and selective narration, and changed the poems most of the time. In addition to Gülistân, especially in the sections where Sufis are mentioned, it is seen that the author also passed through his own style crucible and quoted from Nigaristân'a Attâr's work titled Tezkiretü'l-Evliyâ (Flowers). 1994: 77). A doctoral thesis was prepared on Nigarista, of which many copies were found in domestic and foreign libraries (Çiçekler 1994). For the author's biography, see. "İbn Kemâl, Kemâlpaşa-zâde".Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.

ISBN 978-9944-237-87-1

Madde Yazarı Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hulusi Eren

Alfabesi Arap

Yapısı Manzum-Mensur

Niteliği Telif

Kaynakça Çiçekler, Mustafa (1994).Kemâl Paşa-zâde ve Nigâristân’ı. Doktora Tezi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi.

Atıf Bilgileri Eren, Hulusi. "NİGÂRİSTÂN (İBN KEMÂL)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/nigaristan-ibn-kemal. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].