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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi

Collection

Ali Emiri Manzum

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859

Contents

Rāz-nāme (Saruhanlı Gü lş enî active 15th century)

Author

Saruhanlı Gü lş enî active 15th century

كلشن ساروحاني

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Gülşenī-i Saruḫānī (d. after 888/1483-84)

Saruhanlı Gülşenî, active 15th century (authorised)

Gülşenî, Saruhanlı, active 15th century (variant)

Saruhanlı Gülşenî, 15th cent (variant)

Saruhanlı, Gülşenî, active 15th century (variant)

Biographical notes

Little is known of Gülşenī-i Saruḫānī’s life. Laṭīfī (d. 990/1582-83) states that he came to Anatolia during the reign of Meḥmed II. Although he is referred to as “Saruḫanlı” in biographical sources, none of his works mention the place name Saruḫān. According to Ebrahim Ferzan, he is actually from Şirvān, but some copyists mistook the name Şirvānī as Saruḫānī, thus spreading the name Saruḫānī. Two facts strengthen this claim: firstly, that he dedicated some of his poems to people who lived near Şirvānī and secondly, that he had profound knowledge of the Persian language as observable in his works, his Persian Dīvān and the Rāz-nāme . Therefore it can be deduced that Gülşenī most probably came to Manisa after spending his early years in Şirvān, and was patronized by Şehzāde Meḥmed, who was known for his patronage at the time. Some sources often confuse Gülşenī-i Saruḫānī with İbrāhim Gülşenī (d. 940/1533-34) who was the founder of Gülşenīyye- Ḫalvetiyye order.

Title

Rāz-nāme

ﺭﺍﺯﻧﺎﻣﻪ

Notes

Also known as Pend-nāme, Maḳālāt-ı Gülşenī, Esrār-nāme The work was composed in 864 AH [1459-1460 CE] and dedicated to Meḥmed II. It consists of stories and maḳāles containing ethical, religious and sufi counsels. The work was influenced by Farīd al-Dīn ‘Aṭṭār (d. 618/1221)’s Manṭiq al-Ṭayr and Pand-nāmah. The work also includes a verse translation of some stories from Saʿdī-i Shīrāzī (d. 691/1291-92)’s Bustān.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Gülşenî-i, Sarûhânî. Râz-nâme=Sırlar kitabı. Edited by Yıldırımer, Mestan. İstanbul: Büyüyenay Yayınları, 2012.

Studies

Aksoy, Hasan. "Gülşenî-i Saruhânî." TDVİA. 14 1996: 256-256.

Ferzan, Ebrahim. "Gulşani-i Saruhani hayatı, Farsça divanı ve Raz-namasi." unpublished dissertation, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi, 1980.

Gülseven, Elif. "Gülşenî, Esrâr-nâme (Metin-inceleme)." unpublished dissertation, Bursa: Uludağ Üniversitesi, 1999.

Karasakaloğlu, Nuri. "Dil-Güşâ, Giriş- Metin-İndeks." unpublished dissertation, Erzurum: Atatürk Üniversitesi, 1998. (The work is attributed to Ruşeni Ömer Dede in this dissertation)

Yıldırımer, Mestan. "15. Yüzyıl Şairlerinden Gülşenî-i Sarûhânî'nin Râz-nâme (Makâlât-ı Gülşenî) Adlı Eserinin tenkitli metni." İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi, 2007.

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Yapı Kredi Sermet Çifter Kütüphanesi 570

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 932

Physical Description

Number of folios

30 ff.

Columns

2

Ruled lines

18

History

Date of copy

19th. century