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Ali-Shir Nava'i completes Muhakamat al-Lughatayn

Ali ShirMuhakamat al-Lughatayn

Nava'i finished Muhakamat al-Lughatayn ("Comparison of Two Languages") in December 1499, a major statement defending Turkic as a literary medium—part of a broader Turkic/Persianate literary ecosystem that Ottoman court poets also navigated.

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Ottoman Court Poetry and the Divan Tradition

Ottoman Court Poetry and the Divan Tradition

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    Labels: Ahmed Paşa, Mehmed II, Bayezid II
  2. Ali-Shir Nava'i completes Muhakamat al-Lughatayn

    Labels: Ali Shir, Muhakamat al-Lughatayn
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  6. Sehî Bey completes Heşt Behişt poet-biography anthology

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  7. Zâtî dies; his Bayezid Mosque shop legacy persists

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  8. Taşlıcalı Yahyâ composes elegy for Şehzade Mustafa

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  9. Bâkî enters court circles with a qasida to Süleyman I

    Labels: Bâkî, Süleyman
  10. Bâkî writes elegy for Süleyman I after the sultan’s death

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