[Efendi]. Kocyigit, Omer. — Kabudlu Mustafa Vasfi Efendi: Tevârîh (Analysis - Text - Maps - Index - Facsimile).

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2016, (8),456,(9) pag., 1 map, facsimiles, paperback, quarto. = With dedication by the author. Tevârih is the book in which Kabudlu Mustafa Vasfi Efendi mentions his campaigns, travels and memories. Kabudlu, at the beginning of the book, says that he created a tevârih (chronicle) by providing accounts about the cities and wars and deaths he witnessed. Although the title Tevârih is chosen for the book because of the author's statement, the book is a kind of travelogue and memoirs. In summary, Tevârih mentions the campaigns of Kabudlu Mustafa Vasfi, who was a deli (irregular horseman soldier) in the Ottoman army, to quell rebellions in the Eastern Anatolia and later Rumelia in the reign of Sultan Mahmud II. The date of the book is written as 22 Zilkade 1249 (2 April 1834). Although Kabudlu says that he narrates the events between 1216 (1801-1802) and 1248 (1832-1833) in the first page of the book, the pages that tell the stories from after the summer of 1824 are lost. There is no other copy as far as is known. The book is 114 folios and sits in the Special Collection of the Leiden University Library. ___ Tevârih, Kabudlu el-Hâc Mustafa Vasfi Efendi’nin katildigi seferleri; bu seferler vesilesiyle seyahatlerini ve hatiralarini anlattigi bir eserdir. Kabudlu, eserin girisinde, gördügü sehirleri, savaslari, ölümleri naklederek bir “Tevârih” olusturdugunu söylemektedir. Esere, yazarinin bu ifadesi dikkate alinarak “Tevârih” basligi tercih edilse de, eser daha çok seyahatname ve hatirat niteligindedir. Tevârih, en özet ifadeyle, Osmanli ordusunda deli olarak görev yapan Kabudlu Mustafa Vasfi’nin, Sultan II. Mahmud döneminde Dogu Anadolu’da ve Rumeli bölgesinde birtakim isyanlari bastirmak için katildigi seferlerden bahsetmektedir. Yazmanin telif tarihi 22 Zilkade 1249 (2 Nisan 1834)’dur. Eserin girisinde Kabudlu, 1216 (1801-1802) ve 1248 (1832-1833) tarihleri arasindaki olaylari anlattigini söylemektedir, ancak eserin 1824 yilindan sonrasini anlatan sayfalari kayiptir. Bilinen baska bir nüshasi bulunmayan eserin elimizde olan kismi 114 varaktir. __ Koçyigit, Ömer. Kabudlu Mustafa Vasfi Efendi: Tevârîh (Analysis - Text - Maps - Index - Facsimile), Turkish Sources CXXIV, ed. Cemal Kafadar - Gönül Alpay Tekin, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2016. (456 p.).