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Turkey

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Istanbul

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Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi

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no. 3417

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Müntehā (Ahmet Bican, active 15th century)

Author

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century

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احمد بيجان

Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān b. Ṣāliḥ el-Gelibolu, d. after 1465

Yazıcızāde Aḥmed Bīcān

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (authorised)

Ahmed Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmed Bijan, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmet Bican, 15th cent (variant)

Bican, Ahmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bidøjøan, Aḥmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bijan, Ahmed, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łoglu Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łzade Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

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Biographical notes

The early Ottoman mystic and author of religious and apocalyptic works, Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed, d. after 1465, was the son of Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, a clerk employed in the Ottoman government, and younger brother of Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451. Born in a village outside of Malkara (Tekirdağ, Turkey), he later settled in Gelibolu (Turkey) where he composed his works during the reigns of Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451 and Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481. Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān was a disciple of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 the founder of the Bayramīyah order.

Title

Müntehā

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Notes

Often described as a free Turkish translation of Yazıcızāde Meḥmed's abridged Arabic commentary of Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240’s Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (فصوص الحكم), the Müntehā () (Epilogue) has a strong apocalyptic component. It also includes various stories of the Prophets, the first four Caliphs, and Sufi saints.

The Müntehā() exists in two recensions: the first composed in 1453 [1453 CE], and the second revised version completed in Muḥarram 870 [1465 CE](Aug-Sept 1465). In the second rescension the work’s eschatological component is elaborated with a portrayal of Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 as an apocalyptic warrior who fulfills the prophecy of the conquest of Rome with his capture of Constantinople and as protector of Muslims as the end of the world approaches

Main language of text

Ottoman Turkish

Bibliography

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 293

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 204

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 922

Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 185

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 3271

Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi no. 3783

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 1751

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 1657

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2267

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 630

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 162

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 7585

Atatürk Kitaplığı no. 250

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 1657

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2267

Atatürk Kitaplığı no. 250

Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi no. 1126

Physical Description

Number of folios

148 ff.

Columns

1

History

Date of copy

20th. century