Abstract:
The martyrdom of the mystic Ḥusayn b. Manṣūr, better known as al-Hallāj (executed in Baghdad in 922 CE), has been a compelling story for Muslim audiences for centuries. An Ottoman Turkish narrative poem on the subject, composed sometime in the 15th century, proved to be especially popular. It was hand-copied repeatedly, into the 19th century, and lithographed at least twice. Nearly a century ago, Louis Massignon drew attention to what he saw as two distinct, but related versions of that text. More recently Mustafa Tatci published an edition of one of them. Neither scholar adequately described the curious history of this narrative poem. This essay will offer answers to questions prompted by that history.
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