Edris Bedlisi, Hasht Behesht and his other works

Edris Bedlisi was a prose writer contemporary with Sultan Agh ghoyonlu and then Shah Abbas Safavi in Iran. His most important work regarding the Osmani history and his most well-known work among all his works is Hasht Behesht. Both this work and its title are in Farsi. The prose of Hasht behesht is technical following the style of Jahan Goshai Jovaini and Tarikh Vassaf written by Vassaf al- Hazreh. It must be mentioned that the manuscript copy of Hasht Behesht neither in Iran nor in Turkey has not yet been corrected. The content of this work includes the biography of eight Sultans from Osmanis’ Sultans beginning with Osman Beygh Ghazi and ending with Sultan Bayazid the second and coming to the throne of Yavouz Sultan Salim.
In this article attempt is made based on a number of sources and some manuscript copies of this book to briefly introduce the book, its author, his style, and the prose in the writer’s era.