“Funun ul-Balaghah” and the Typology of Persian Arts Sciences

This study examines Shaykh Ahmad Taroziy’s Funun ul-balog‘a and its significance in relation to the understanding of classical Turkic poetics, aruz prosody, and arts. Archaeological foundations of poetry and art, rhyme, radif and systems of artistic devices based on Arabic as well as Persian and Turkic literary traditions. Shaykh Ahmad Taroziy’s treatise is among the first theoretical manuals written in Turkic language and thus reflects the literary and cultural milieu of 15th century, but also reveals a great input into shaping Turkic poetic scholarship.