Contents
Introduction 1
1 The Historical Context 2
2 The Genre of the Text and Its Place in Medieval Catalan
Literature 10
3 Structure and Material 13
3.1 First Bloc: Intrigue at the Court of Murad 14
3.2 Second Bloc: Adventures in Turkey 18
3.3 Third Bloc: The Battle of Kosovo 20
4 The Characters 26
5 Problems of Dating and Authorship 286 The Manuscript 31
7 Editorial Criteria 33
Bibliography on the Historia de Jacob Xalabin 35
Translator's Note 39
List of Abbreviations 42
Historia de Jacob Xalabin / History of Yakub Celebi
[I] Aci comenssa la Istoria de Jacob Xalabin, ffill de l'Almorat, senyor de
la Turquia / Here Begins the 'History of Yakub Celebi', Son of the
Great Emir, Lord of Turkey 44
[II] Com l'Amorat mana Ali Baxa que matas son fill Jacob Xalabin / How
the Great Emir Ordered Ali Pasha to Kill His Son Yakub Celebi 62
[III] Com Ali Baxa penssa en quina manera mataria Jacob Xalabin / How
Ali Pasha Thought How He Would Kill Yakub Celebi 66
[IV] Com Jacob Xalabin e Ali Baxa se'n fugiren de tota la cort de
l'Amorat / How Yakub Celebi and Ali Pasha Fled from the Great
Emir's Entire Court 72
[V] Del matrimoni que lo senyor de la Palacia havia fet ab lo senyor de
Satalia, ne com los avench / Of the Marriage Which the Lord of
Palatia Had Arranged with the Lord of Satalia, and What Befell
Them 86
[VI] Com lo senyor de Satalia vench per menar-se'n sa muller de la
Palacia / How the Lord of Satalia Came to Take His Wife from
Palatia 92
[VII] Com lo senyor de Satalia se'n manava la filla del senyor de la Palacia
per muller / How the lord of Satalia Took the Daughter of the Lord
of Palatia for His Wife 94
[VIII] Com la senyora Nerguis intra dins la torra on era Jacob Xalabin e Ali
Baxa / How the Lady Nergis Entered the Tower Where Yakub Celebi
and Ali Pasha Were 98
[IX] Con Jacob Xalabin e la senyora Nerguis se regonagueren e?s
maravellaren con eren romasos tots sols / How Yakub Celebi and
the Lady Nergis Woke and were Surprised to Find Themselves Left
Alone 104
[X] Com la germana del senyor de Satalia isque a rebre son frare, qui
venia ab sa muller / How the Sister of the Lord of Satalia Went Out
to Meet Her Brother, Who was Coming with His Wife 106
[XI] [Com Ali Baxa jague ab la germana del senyor de Satalia, ne con
ella se n'ana ab ell] / How Ali Pasha Lay with the Sister of the Lord
of Satalia, and How She Went with Him 110
[XII] [Com Ali Baxa e la germana del senyor de Satalia fugiren] / How Ali
Pasha and the Sister of the Lord of Satalia Fled 116
[XIII] [Com Ali Baxa e la germana del senyor de Satalia foren venguts a la
torra hon era Jacob Xalabin e la senyora Nerguis, e ensemps
isqueren de la terra del senyor de la Palacia] / How Ali Pasha and
the Sister of the Lord of Satalia Came to the Tower Where Yakub
Celebi and the Lady Nergis Were, and Together Left the Land of the
Lord of Palatia 122
[XIV] Com Jacob Xalabin torna en la cort del seu pare ab Ali Baxa e ab les
dues donzelles, co es, la filla del senyor de la Palacia e germana del
senyor de Satalia / How Yakub Celebi Returned to the Court of His
Father, with Ali Pasha and the Two Damsels, That is, the Daughter
of the Lord of Palatia, and the Sister of the Lord of Satalia 130
[XV] De la nova qui vench a l'Amorat con lo cristia Burguar entrava en la
sua terra / Of the News Which Came to the Great Emir How the
Christian Bulgar was Invading His Land 136
[XVI] Com se feu la bataylla dels turchs e dels cristians, e con mori
l'Amorat / How the Battle was Fought between the Turks and the
Christians, and How the Great Emir Died 142
[XVII] Com Beseyt Bey, bastart, acaba de matar son pare e offegua son
frare / How the Bastard Bayezid Bey Dispatched His Father and
Strangled His Brother 146
Notes 148
Appendix
Introduction 163
1 From the Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner 166
2 Ten Documents from Archives in Barcelona 202
Index 224
