The Mawlid
These are poems about the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the various stages in his life, his miracles and his death. Although many works have been written on these subjects in Islamic/ Turkish literature, the poem entitled Vesiletu'n-necat, completed by Süleyman Çelebi (d. 1422) in Bursa was loved the most and is still being recited today. Written in the aruz "failatun failatun failun" meter and in p...