#mevlid

These text pages are from Isl. Ms. 412, an early manuscript copy of Vesîletüʼn-necat (full title وسيلة النجات في مولد أشرف الموجودات) the famous Ottoman Turkish poem celebrating the qualities of the Prophet Muhammad authored by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422). The poem is among the most famous of the mawlid (mevlid) genre, literary texts written to be read and recited on occasions celebrating the Prophet’s birth. The poem is structured in prosody suited to simple Turkish expressions — more accessible to the common people — and throughout invites response from the reader or listener to invoke blessings on the Prophet.