Epic cycle (prose and verse) · 17th century (traditional)

The Adventures of Kurroglou

by Köroğlu

Translated by Alexander Chodzko (1842)

Köroğlu is the bandit-minstrel hero of the Turkic and Persian oral destan, the robber-poet whose adventures with his horse Kyrat and his band at Chamly-bill are told by the aushiks. The cycle mixes prose narrative with his improvised songs, here given in Alexander Chodzko's English version of 1842, collected from Persian reciters in thirteen Meetings.

Contents · 13 parts

• Meeting I24 paragraphs
• Meeting II32 paragraphs
• Meeting III79 paragraphs
• Meeting IV77 paragraphs
• Meeting V84 paragraphs
• Meeting VI69 paragraphs
• Meeting VII35 paragraphs
• Meeting VIII63 paragraphs
• Meeting IX108 paragraphs
• Meeting X72 paragraphs
• Meeting XI76 paragraphs
• Meeting XII94 paragraphs
• Meeting XIII28 paragraphs

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