MUKADDİMETÜ’L-EDEB’İN BEYRUT’TA BULUNAN YENİ BİR NÜSHASI
A NEW COPY OF MUKADDIMAT AL-ADAB FOUND IN BEIRUT

Summary/Abstract: Throughout history, the Turkish language has been enriched and developed through interactions with various nations across different regions. The intensity of these interactions has varied over time. In particular, Islamic and Mongol influences in the Khwarezm region influenced the emergence of Khorezmian Turkic. With the spread of Islam, intensive linguistic contact with Arabic and Persian began. Later, the Mongol influence and the mixing of Oghuz, Kipchak, and other Turkic tribes in the region supported the unique characteristics of Khorezmian Turkic. Mukaddimat al-Adab and Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk are among the most important and earliest historical dictionaries of the Turkish language. Their rich vocabulary and translations into various dialects render them highly valuable for comparative dialect studies. This work introduces the previously unknown Beirut manuscript of Mukaddimat al-Adab, written by al-Zamakhshari in the 12th century to teach Arabic to non-Arabs, and recorded in Khorezmian Turkic. It is kept in the Bibliothèque Orientale at Saint Joseph University in Beirut under catalog number MS 2/1085. The manuscript presents unique phonological, morphological, and lexical features. Because the Beirut copy of Mukaddimetü’l-Edeb is a previously unknown manuscript, it is expected to contribute to research on the Khorezmian Turkic language.

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