the falcon flies, the crow flees; when the leopard attacks, the fox runs off; and
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Osmanlı’da İlm-i Tasavvuf
and shouting (
Gelür anlar üstine üç tėk ‘adū
*
Urub na‘ralar bī-ḥazar sū-be-sū). As
they see Ḥakīm Oġlı, they understand that he will show no mercy, and, finding
no refuge, they take up position at Saḳar
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(Ḥakīm Oġlını çūn görerler hemān
*
Bilürler ki ḥükminde vėrmez emān, Mefer bulmayub ol nefer-i bī-ẓafer
*
Muḳarrar
ėderler Saḳarda maḳar). The Bedouins decide to try and wear down the Otto-
mans, attacking and retreating consecutively (Döner cümlesi kerr-ü-ferrīyle hep
*
Tā ki vėreler döne döne ta‘ab). To the tune of death playing its lute (Ecel nāyı
çūnkim ṣalā eyledi), fierce fighting takes place, and many enemies are brought
down on the road to perdition (Reh-i mevte a‘dāyı ḳıldı revān). Some Bedouins
seek refuge at the Pyramids, like the Pharaohs, but Moses’ wrath had come
down upon them like a dragon. The enemy suffers blows from swords, maces,
arrows and lances; some are cut up, some split up, some sliced up and some
struck (Kimi tīġle kimi kūpāl ile
*
Kimi tīrle kimi evṣāl ile, Kimin biçdiler kimini
ḳırdılar
*
Kimin dildiler kimini vurdılar). Then another day of fighting ensued.
Twenty Ottomans wolves set out to tear the foxes (Yiğirmi nefer gürg-i nerler
çıḳar
*
Ki rūbahları çāk çāk ėdeler). Even though the enemy numbered over two
thousand, the Ottoman troops faced them and encircled them. Ṣaġır ‘Osmān
takes one down, intent to severe his head. Several hundreds of ‘Azāle crows
swoop down onto his single Ottoman falcon, wanting to roast him on their
spears (O bāz üzere üşer niçe yüz ġurāb
*
Ki rümḥiyle anı ḳılalar kebāb). His com-
panions then forsake him, as they believe that he cannot be saved, yet, ‘Os-
mān unsheathes his sharp sword, and puts some to the ground (O ḫod tīġ-i
bürrānı ‘uryān ḳılur
*
Niçesin hemān ḫāka yeksān ḳılur). Cutting one, he turns
to the others, his skills as deadly as a wide-cast cobweb (Kesüb birisini döner
anlara
*
Yayıḳ örümcekdür hüner anlara). Bedouins take to their heels, crying for
a way out (Ḳaçarlar dėr, “Ey ḳavim eyne l-mefer?”). Several hundreds are killed
that time, while the remainder flees. Following other exploits, now those of
Dāvud Aġa and Cellād Ḫıṣmī, there is a duel. The “asses’ leader” (re’s-i ḫarān),
İbn ‘Aclān, one of the ‘Azāle, challenges the Ottomans, calling for his “match”
(‘adīl) in fighting. İbn ‘Ādil, another Bedouin leader who had been co-opted
by the Ottomans as kāşif, takes up the challenge and wins the duel. Also fight-
ing on the Ottoman side is the son of murdered sheikh, İbn Ca‘fer ‘Alī, who
is mocked by one of the Bedouins, “It was I who killed your father!” (Babañ
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