Hamza b. Turgut al-Aydīnī, who was from Ottoman scholars of XVI. Century, first abbreviated the Hatīb al-Kazvīnī’s (d. 739/1338) famous work on rhetoric called Talhīs al-Miftāh under the name of al-Masālik fī al-Ma‘ānī wa al-Bayān. Later on, he annotated this concise text with the name of al-Hawādī fī Sharh al-Masālik. The text and commentary, which has nearly 200 manuscripts in Turkish libraries, were very popular in classical Ottoman madrasas and entered the curriculum.

One of the most important contributions made to the classical rhetoric literature in the Ottoman period al-Hawādī was previously edited and published twice by Ali Bulut. The work was revised and republished according to the ISAM’s critical edition method. In this edition of al-Hawādī, unlike the previous editions, more than 100 copies of it were re-examined and the precious ones of these copies were used in the investigation, besides, the author's own notes and some important explanations on the margins of the copy were added. In addition, the text named al-Masālik, which is the subject of this commentary, is included in a separate section above the text of al-Hawādī, thus ensuring the unity of the original text and its commentary.
 

 

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