About the Book of Rāhatü’l-Kulūb

The Rāhatü’l-Kulūb ‘Pleasant of hearts’ is the third huge work of compendium ( Madjmua ) on Uyghur script, which preserved in British Museum by Orient 8193. This manuscript was copied by Mansur Bax？i in the cultural center of Timurids’ empire in Yazd in 1432. Rāhatü’l-Kulūb is a work, which contains a religious and philosophical subjects and hadises of the Prophet and advices of wise men. This work is the most appropriate version of the XV century Turkish-language literature, Turkish-Islamic philosophical poems. This text was written in the beautiful literary style of Chagatai language. It is an essential written work in Turkish literature, particularly, in the history of Turkic-Islamic thoughts. Following is the text of Rāhatü’l-Kulūb based on the picture of Or.8193 indexed manuscript