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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi

Collection

Ali Emiri Tıbbiye

Shelfmark

297

Contents

Maddetu’l –Hayat (Akşemseddin d. 863/1459)

Author

Akşemseddin d. 863/1459

آق شمس الدين

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Muḥammad b. Ḥamza al-mulaqqab bi-Āq shams al-dīn al-rūmī

محمد بن حمزة الملقب بآق شمس الدين الرومي

Akşemseddin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (authorised)

Akşemseddin, 1389 or 90-1459 (variant)

Akşemseddin Mehmed ibn-i Hamza, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Akşemseddin, Mehmet, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Akşemsettin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmed Akşemseddin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmet Akşemsettin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmet Şemseddin bin Hamza, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Şemseddin Mehmed, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Şemsettin Mehmet, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Biographical notes

Born in Damascus in 792 AH [1390 CE], Akşemseddin came to Anatolia, to Amasya, in the company of his father, at the age of seven. He is said to have studied with Shaykh Bedreddin and became a Qur’an-teacher at Osmancık. He later joined the Zayniyya order and then became an associate of Haci Bayram-i Veli who appointed him his successor (halife) He made Beypazarı and Göynük the centre of activities, but gained favour at the Ottoman court for his medical expertise. He participated in the conquest of Constantinople and is credited with finding the tomb of the Umayyad hero Abu Ayyub Ansari from which the district of Eyüp now takes its name. He died at Göynük. Akşemseddin was the subject of a Menakibname by Enisi which survives in several mss, and is the main source for his life (this has been published in Yurd 1972: 7-142).

Title

Maddetu’l –Hayat

مادة الحياة

Notes

Attribution doubtful

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Yurd, Ali İhsan. Fatih Sultan Mehmed Han’ın Hocası Akşemseddin: Hayatı ve Eserleri. Istanbul: 1972.

Studies

Kissling, H.J.. "Ak shams al-din." EI2. 1, [n.d.]: 312-3.

Köprülü, Orhan F. and Mustafa Uzun. "Akşemseddin." TDVIA. 2 1989: 299-302.

İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin. Osmanlı Tıbbi Bilimler Literaturu Tarihi. 1Istanbul: 2008: 51-51, 54-55.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

84 ff.

History

Date of copy

20th. century