“Khamsa” as a Universal Genre

Uzok Jurakulov

2023

Abstract

This research, based on historical poetics, examines the evolution of Khamsa within the Eastern-Islamic environment and Turkish mindset, as inspired by religious-educational texts, the Qur'an, and the hadiths of Muhammad. The paper investigates the transformation of the Khamsa Fabula system from divine narrative to the Khamsa style, analysing the plot and its constituting motifs. It proposes that the tradition of writing Khamsa originates not from Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi's "Shahnama" and Persian literary traditions, as some scholars suggest, but from Yusuf Khass Hajib's "Kutadgu Bilig", a seminal work of eleventh-century Turkish literature. This connection is examined through the prism of the concept of "bilig" and its role within the Turkic epic mindset. The analysis includes a comparative study of Eastern epics and Firdowsi's "Shahnama".

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Jurakulov U. (2023). “Khamsa” as a Universal Genre. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 310-320. DOI: 10.5220/0012486600003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Uzok Jurakulov},
title={“Khamsa” as a Universal Genre},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={310-320},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012486600003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - “Khamsa” as a Universal Genre
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Jurakulov U.
PY - 2023
SP - 310
EP - 320
DO - 10.5220/0012486600003792
PB - SciTePress