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Turkey

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Istanbul

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1350

Contents

Hidāyet-nāme (Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460)

Author

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460

عبدالمجيد فرشتهﺍﻮﻏﻠﻲ

عبدالمجيد ابن فرشته

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ʿAbdü’l-mecīd Firişteoġlı

ʿAbdü’l-mecīd b. Firişte

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460 (authorised)

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecit, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Ferişteoğlu, Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Ferişteoğlu, Abdülmecit, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Abdülmecid ibn-i Firişte İzzeddin, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Abdülmecit ibn-i Firişte İzzeddin, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Biographical notes

Born in Tire, ʿAbdü’l-mecīd b. Firişte is an important figure in the dissemination of Hurufi teachings in both Anatolia and Rumelia, due to his Turkish translations of the works of Fażlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) , the founder of the Hurufi sect. His initiation to the Hurufiyya probably took place after Astarābādī’s execution in 796 AH [1394 CE]. In his work the Saʿādet-nāme, he reveals his genealogy, which ties him to Astarābādī via the latter’s disciple Shams al-dīn Muḥaqqiq and his disciple Bāyezīd, who is Firişteoġlı’s spiritual director. Firişteoġlı’s brother ʿAbdü’l-laṭīf b. Firişte (İbn-i Melek) (d. after 821/1418) is also a prolific author, famous for his dictionary known as the Luġat-ı Firişteoġlı, often confused with his brother ʿAbdü’l-mecīd’s dictionary the Luġat-ı Ḳānūn-ı İlāhī. Their father’s name is ʿAbdü’l-ʿazīz.

Title

Hidāyet-nāme

هدايتنامه

Notes

Firişteoġlı states that he completed this work in Rebīʿü’l-evvel 838 [1434 CE], composed upon the request of his friends in order to explain Hurufi doctrines. According to Özer Şenödeyici, this is not the translation of a work by Fażlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) . Yet Firişteoġlı was obviously inspired by Astarābādī's works when he composed the Hidāyet-nāme.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Arıkoğlu, İsmail, Özer Şenödeyici and Fatih Usluer. Hurufilik Bilgisi: Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid Külliyatı. Ankara: Gece Kitaplığı, 2014.

Studies

Aksu, Hüsamettin. "Firişteoğlu, Abdülmecid." TDVİA. 13 1996: 134-135.

Şenödeyici, Özer. "Hurufîliği Ön Yargıdan Arındırmak Bağlamında Ferişteoğlu’nun Hidâyetnâme’sinin Tetkiki ve Neşri." Divan Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 3 2009: 87-146.

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Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 1015

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 9685

Physical Description

Number of folios

23 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

19

History

Date of copy

20th. century