Dede Korkut is introduced as a godly advisor to the Oghuz:

Dede Korkut solved all the difficulties of the Oghuz. Whatever happened, without consulting Dede Korkut, they did nothing. They carried out whatever he recommended without further ado.

He prophesies the everlasting supremacy and welfare of the Ottomans. Then he cites a series of proverbs in verse that come from the world of the nomads and are characterised by Islamic piety:

Without supplicating God, nothing prospers. No man grows rich without the Lord God's granting it. No mortal has an accident that is not predetermined.

Finally, he speaks about women:

Women come in four varieties: one is the post that supports the tent; one the variety that makes everything wither; one a ball filled with gossip; one the variety that does not listen to whatever is said.

The main part consists of 12 heroic stories ("boy") in prose with parts of speech in verse. They usually begin with a banquet of the "lords of the strapping Oghuz", at which much wine is drunk. They go hunting, ride on noble horses, prove themselves in battle against infidels (especially the Christian Georgians), wild animals and monsters, fight among themselves, plunder, kidnap, kill, save, mourn, lament, pray, forgive, love, celebrate victories and weddings. At the end of each story, Dede Korkut appears as a storyteller, poet and bard. He reminds us that even the lives of heroes are fleeting and ends with wishes of good luck and blessings.

The stories contain a lot of information about everyday culture, customs, social life and ethics of the nomads, mixing earlier and later conditions as a result of their centuries-long tradition.

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Story 1: Boghach Chan, Dirsä Chan's son
At the annual feast of the Grand Khan Bajindur, Dirsä Chan is cursed because of his childlessness. On the advice of his wife, he himself gives a feast, prays, makes sacrifices and performs charitable deeds. As a result, a son is miraculously born to him, who becomes so strong that he defeats a bull. Dede Korkut gives him the name Boghatsch and his father gives him the title of prince (Chan). Dirsä Chan's 40 begrudging warriors unjustly slander Boghatsch to his father, who then seriously wounds his son while hunting. After the mother has found and healed the supposedly dead Boghatsch, the warriors take their master Dirsä Chan prisoner out of fear. At his mother's plea, Boghatsch forgives his father and frees him.

Story 2: How Salur Kasan's tent is ransacked
Salur Kasan, son of the Grand Khan Bajindur, goes hunting after a drinking party with other Oghuz lords. Meanwhile, Shökli, king of the Islamophobic Georgians, attacks the Oghuz tent camp with 7,000 followers and takes Salur Kazan's mother, his wife Burla, his son Urus, 40 warriors and 40 maids captive and kidnaps horses and camels. Only the strong shepherd Karajuk with his brothers stand in the way of the infidels and kill 300 of them with his slingshot. Warned in a dream, Salur Kasan returns and, together with his heroic companions, kills King Shökli and the remaining Georgians.

Story 3: Bamsi Beirek, son of Prince Baj Bure
The princes Baj Bure and Paj Bijan are given a son and a daughter respectively, destined for each other, through the intercession of the assembled inner and outer yogus. Baj Büre's son, named "Bamsi Beirek with the grey stallion" by Dede Korkut, proves himself in battle against infidels and marries Paj Bijan's daughter Banu Chichek after he defeats her in a wrestling match and Dede Korkut obtains the consent of her mad brother Deli Kartshar. On the wedding night, Beirek is captured by infidels. When the man believed dead escapes after 16 years and returns to his parents' camp disguised as a bard, he learns that Yaltajuk, "son of the liar", wants to marry Chichek. She recognises him and Yaltajuk flees. After Beirek and his warriors have taken revenge on the infidels, a brilliant wedding feast is celebrated.

Story 4: How Salur Kasan's son Urus wascaptured
At the request of his son Urus, Salur Kasan takes him hunting. In the process, they are attacked by 16,000 infidels and Urus is captured after bravely fighting alongside his 40 warriors. Salur Kasan, together with numerous Oghuz lords and his wife Burla, accompanied by their 40 maids, defeats the infidels and frees Urus. At the end, a great feast is celebrated.

Story 5: Deli Domrul, Ducha Kodsha's son
The arrogant hero Deli Domrul tries to save the soul of a deceased youth from the power of the angel of death Asrael. But he is unable to do anything and is himself threatened with death by Allah's command. When Deli Domrul realises that Allah alone decides on life and death, his soul is to be spared if Asrael receives another soul in return. Neither Deli Domrul's old father nor his mother want to sacrifice their souls. When his wife agrees to do so, however, God has mercy and Asrael takes the souls of the cowardly parents. As a result, Deli Domrul is allowed to live for another 140 years.

Story 6: Kanturali, Kangli Kodsha's son
Kangli Kodshan wants to marry off his son. After a futile search among the Oghuz, the choice finally falls on Seljan, the much courted daughter of the infidel king of Trapezunt. To win her over, Kanturali must defeat a lion, a bull and a camel stallion. Although he fulfils the condition, the king still does not want to give him his beloved daughter and sends 600 warriors against him. Seljan rescues the injured Kanturali, who at first feels hurt in his pride, but then reconciles with his brave bride. Finally, the Oghuz celebrate a lavish wedding feast.

Story 7: Jegenek, Kasilik Kodsha's son
Kasilik Kodsha, minister of the Oghuz Grand Chan Bajindur and father of a one-year-old son, tries to conquer the castle of Düsmürd on the Black Sea. Badly wounded by the castle's lord Direk with a giant club, Kasilik is taken prisoner. When, after 16 years, his son Jegenek learns of this in a dream, he moves against Direk with numerous Oghuz lords, kills the infidel and replaces the church in the castle with a mosque. Father and son recognise each other and go home laden with booty.

Story 8: How Depegös was killed by Bassat
A shepherd named Sari rapes a nymph who gives birth to a one-eyed creature (Depegöz). The Oghuse Arus Kodsha takes Depegöz to himself and procures several wet nurses, but one by one they are killed by the infant. When Depegöz bites off the ears and noses of his playmates, he is chased away. Made invulnerable by the nymph, he rages against the Oghuz and receives as tribute two men and 500 sheep a day to eat. Bassat, the son of Arus Kodsha, avenges his slain brother by blinding Depegöz with a red-hot spike and finally beheading him.

Story 9: Emran, Begil's son
The warrior Begil, appointed guardian of the Oghuz by the Grand Chan Bajindur, goes hunting with 366 heroes. He falls off his horse and breaks his leg. When he learns through a spy that the tributary Georgians want to capture him and his family, he sends his son Emram with 300 warriors into battle against the infidels. With the help of Allah, Emram defeats the Georgian king Shökli in single combat, whereupon the latter converts to Islam.

Story 10: Segrek, Ushun Kodja's son
On a raid, the bold Egrek is captured by 600 infidels in a zoo belonging to the Black Prince and imprisoned in Alindja Castle. When his younger brother Segrek learns of this, he leaves his bride to free Egrek. At the end of the long journey, Segrek falls asleep in the park. Awakened by his horse, he defeats first 60 and then 100 infidel warriors. Finally, Egrek is supposed to kill his brother. But the two recognise each other and put the infidels to flight. At home, both brothers hold a wedding.

Story 11: How Salur Kasan became a prisoner of war and how his son Urus freed him
The king of Trapezunt gives Salur Kasan a falcon, which leads him and his 25 companions on a hunt to the castle of Tomanin in the land of the infidels. The latter kill the Oghuz, bring Kasan to the castle and throw him into a well. When the unbelievers demand that Kasan praise them, he sings mocking verses to the lute. As a result, he is locked in a pigsty. When his son Urus learns of this, he advances with an army against the unbelievers, whose leadership Kazan takes over in exchange for the promise of his release. Father and son recognise each other in battle, defeat the infidels together, tear down the church at the castle and build a mosque. After returning home, they celebrate the victory.

Story 12: How the Outer Oghuz rebelled against the Inner Oghuz and how Beirek met his death
Every three years, Salur Kasan allows the Inner and Outer Oghuz tribal groups to raid his tent. When the Inner Oghuzes beat the Outer Oghuzes to it, the latter feel disadvantaged. Their leader Arus demands that his nephew Bamsi Beirek, who is an Inner Oghuz married to an Outer Oghuz, stand with him against Kazan and the Inner Oghuz. When Beirek refuses, Arus kills him. Kasan then attacks the Outer Oghuz and kills Arus.

On the endpapers of the Dresden manuscript there are various entries by later hands, some of which - as is often the case in oriental manuscripts - are written diagonally to the lower left or upper left. In addition to the name of an owner and a year (see chapter "Provenance"), there are Ottoman, Persian and Arabic verses, a quotation from the Koran, prayers, 18 hadiths (sayings of the Prophet Mohammed), a medical prescription for coughs and a riddle poem.

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