ACCORDING TO EFLAKİ’S WORK COLLED MENAQİB AL-ARİFİN, THE POSITION OF WOMEN SELJUKIAN CAPITAL CITY IN 13-14 CENTURY
EFLAKİ’NİN MENAKIB’ÜL ARİFİN ADLI ESERİNE GÖRE 13-14 Y.Y. DA SELÇUKLU PAYİTAHTINDA KADINLARIN KONUMU

Author : Kazım PAYDAŞ
Number of pages : 457-481

Abstract

Ahmed Eflakis work colled Menaqib al-Arifin is on important work which tells about the relationship between Seljuk Sultans, wives, citizens and Mawlana Jalaleddin at the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk State, Konya. Menaqib al-Arifin was written by order of grandson of Mawlana Jalaleddin Rumi, Ulu Arif Çelebi and it parents quite important knowledges about social and cultural life of Turkish Seljuk State in the second half of 13 th century and in the first half of 14 th century. Eflaki touches on political events of Turkish Seljuk State but gives knowledges more about social and cultural side. Besides that, he mentions the importance of relationship between Seljuk Sultans and statesmen with Mawlana. It is given in detalis about knowledge belongs to religious life in this work. Depending on this situation in Seljukid capital and their behaviour in public. In this respect, according to Eflaki’s work, it tells about the situation of women at that term. In this context, it evaluates the reasen and the result of emotions of women like love, hate jeolosly on the other had it analyzes like women forced to marriage and attitudes of their parents to this subject, neccesities of a marriage, the dowersy that is cumpolsory for bride, the ceremony during the wedding, respect to women in marriage, and respect between mother and son, behaviours of women to the slaves and their husbands, position of a women in a

Keywords

Menaqib al-Arifin, Mawlana, Konya, Saljuqs, Woman.

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