ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF BAYTARNÂME-İ KENÂN EFENDİ IN TERMS OF GENRE AND CONTENT
BAYTARNÂME-İ KENÂN EFENDİ ADLI ESERİN ÜSLÛP VE İÇERİK BAKIMINDAN İNCELENMESİ

Author : Özcan BAYRAK
Number of pages : 61-77

Abstract

Livestock raising and the importance of animals is very apparent in the life styles depending on nomadic culture.In nomadic life style, not only the management of animals but also raising of them and treatments for their ilnesses have great importance.Generally, treatments shaped through folk medicine applications and beliefs are collected in the work of Baytarnâme. As these works contain past applications, besides being important for our age’s veterinarian profession they should also be examined with respect to their reflecting social life, customs, historical events and many other issues of the era. In this work, the work of Baytarnâme-i Kenân Efendi is studied and it is formed from titles of content, religious elements, historical events and characters, geographical issues, public beliefs

Keywords

Baytarnâme, horse and society, religious elements, public belief

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