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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi

Collection

Ali Emiri Manzum

Shelfmark

1016

Contents

Ḫarnâme (Şeyhı̂ , approximately 1373-approximately 1422)

Author

Şeyhı̂ , approximately 1373-approximately 1422

شيخي

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Şeyḫī

Yūsuf Sinān el-Germiyanī (d. after 832/1429)

Şeyhı̂, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (authorised)

Germiyani, Yûsuf Sinan, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Şeyhı̂, ca. 1373-ca. 1422 (variant)

Sinaneddin, Yusuf, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yusuf Sinan, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yûsuf Sinan Germiyani, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yusuf Sinaneddin, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

شيخي (variant)

Biographical notes

An Anatolian poet and physician, Şeyḫī was born in Kütahya, the capital of Germiyan (Turkey) region. One of his tutors was Aḥmedī, a famous Ottoman poet of the late 14th and 15th century [1350-1499 CE], during his youth. He went to Iran and majored in literature, Islamic mysticism and medicine. After his return to Kütahya, he joined in the court of Germiyan ruler Yākub II and he practiced as the court ophthalmologist. He got in touch with the Ottomans in the time of Emīr Süleymān Chelebi, and got the title reīs-i eṭıbbā (head of physicians) of the Ottomans when he cured Mehmed I. He is famous for his masnawis (e.g. Ḫüsrev ü Şîrîn and Ḫarnâme) and accepted as one of the founders of Ottoman literature. He was called as hüsrev-i şuarā, pīşterīn-i şuarā-yı Rūm or şeyhü’ş-şuarā (all means “head of poets”) in the sources. His tomb is in Dumlupınar, Kütahya.

Title

Ḫarnâme

خرنامه

Notes

The Ḫarnâme is a short satiritical mesnevi. It narrates the story of a skinny donkey envious of the fattened oxen it sees, and is a satire on the morals of the age written after the poet was robbed by bandits. It was presented to Sultan Murād I

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Olgun, Tahir. Germiyan'lı Şeyhi ve Harnâme'si. Gireson: 1949.

Özdemir, Mehmet. Harnâme / Şeyhî. İstanbul: Kapı, 2011.

Studies

Bilgin, Orhan. "Şeyhî Hakkında Yeni Bilgiler." MÜTAD. 7 1993: 121-139.

Biltekin, Halit. "Şeyhi." TDVİA. 39, [n.d.]: 80-82.

Köprülü, Fuat. "Harnâme." Yeni Mecmua, İstanbul. 13 1917: 253-256.

Tarlan, Ali Nihad. "Şeyhî’nin Dili Hakkında." Türkiyat Mecmuası,İstanbul. IV 1934: 49-61.

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. "Şeyhī (Şayḫī, Yūsuf Sinān)." İslam Ansiklopedisi. 11MEB, 1997: 474-479.

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3298

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 2804

Bayezit Devlet Kütüphanesi 5764

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 238

Physical Description

Number of folios

7 ff.

Decoration

Kağıt kaplı, bez sırtlı cilt. The lines of couplets are not side by side as usual, but one under the other. According to F. K. Timurtaş, the ms is a late copy.

Seal

Seal of Ali Emirî Efendi and Millet Kütüphanesi.

History

Date of copy

20th. century