Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- PART ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT -- I HISTORICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND LITERARY BACKGROUND -- II NESIMÎ: HIS LIFE A N D WORKS -- III NESIMÎ: HIS CREED -- IV THE TURKIC AND PERSIAN QUATRAINS OF THE HEK?MOGLU AL? PA?A MS -- V NESIMÎ? HIS LITERARY STYLE -- PART TWO THE TEXT -- I THE TURKIC QUATRAINS -- II THE PERSIAN QUATRAINS -- APPENDICES -- I SOME NOTES ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE HEK?MOGLU AL? PA?A MS -- II VOCABULARIES -- III FACSIMILE OF THE TEXT -- IV SOME SIGNIFICANCES OF THE NUMBERS ONE TO SEVEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX