The Story of Abu Muslim Khorasani

Folk stories tell the struggles of Anatolia during the process of becoming a Turkish homeland through a heroic character. Although this hero is a fixed historical figure, the narratives are symbolic. The hero fights against tyrants in every corner of the earth from the west to the east and from the seventh floor of the sky to the seventh floor of the underworld. Sometimes the tyrants are humans, sometimes giants, demons, witches, dragons. His mission is to eliminate tyranny no matter where and who it comes from. There is no room for despair on this path. Because, Allah helps the good.

The Story of Abu Muslim Khorassani is one of the most famous of our Folk Tales, along with the Battles of Hazreti Ali and the Story of Battal Gazi.

The Stories of Abu Muslim Khorassani are stories that tell the battles of a person nicknamed Abu Muslim, whose name and lineage are not known for certain, against the Umayyad Dynasty and who lived in the first half of the second century of the Hijra. He is a warrior from Khorasan in the imagination of the Turkish people and a Turkish hero for the Westerners. Therefore, Folk Tales show that Turkishness cannot be explained by belonging to a race. There is no expression in the story indicating that Abu Muslim is Turkish, and he fights against the Turks who do not agree to obey God. Because in Turkish, the name of oppression is infidelity, and a Turk is against all kinds of infidelity. In other words, the one who fights against the infidels is called a Turk.

Folk Stories, which convey the Turkish language and culture to every individual of the nation, include all the elements of modern literature, from poetry to novels, from stories to theater, from fairy tales to letters. The language of Folk Stories is Turkish. Therefore, learning Turkish is possible by knowing these stories.

(From the Promotion Bulletin)

Dough Type : 2. Dough

Number of Pages : 416

Dimensions : 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year : 2019

Number of Prints : 1. Edition