Nizami Gencevî ve onun “Mahzanü’l-esrâr” Mesnevisinin İncelenmesi, Konusu ve İdeasi

Abstract

Although more than 800 years separate us from the time in which
Nizami Ganjavi lived and composed his works, the themes he addressed
regarding his national identity remain as bright as the sun and as clear as
the sky even today. In his immortal Khamsa, regardless of who attempted
to intervene in different periods, the verses – born of his sleepless nights
– did not and will not allow the distortion of his nationality, homeland, or
worldview. This is because Nizami Ganjavi’s works, with their universal
reflections that transcend religious and political boundaries, are in fact the
voice of the Azerbaijani Turkic people and of Ganja, the city that was his
homeland and cultural space.
Although Nizami Ganjavi began his literary career with lyrical poems, he became renowned in Azerbaijani, Eastern, and Western
literature as a master of the mathnawi form. His status as a great master of
mathnawi poetry can be observed both in the meanings contained in his
works and in the recognition by his successors. The Treasury of Mysteries
opened a new chapter in Eastern literature. Although religiousphilosophical
themes occupy a significant place in this work, several of the
core humanist ideas that he would later elaborate in his subsequent epics
are introduced here for the first time.