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Work 1: Eş'ār (Cemālī, d. after 883/1478)

LOC subject headings

Turkish language To 1500

Ghazals, Turkish

Author

Cemālī, d. after 883/1478

ﺟﻤﺎﻟﻲ

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Bāyezīd b. Muṣṭafā b. Şeyḫ Aḥmed-i Tercümānī el-Aḳşehrī

Bāyezīd b. Muṣṭafā el-Meşhūr Şeyḫoġlı

Şeyḫoġlı Cemālī

ﺑﺎﻳﺰﻳﺪ بن ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ بن ﺷﻴﺦ ﺍﺣﻤﺪِ ﺗﺮﺟﻤﺎﻧﻲ ﺍﻵﻗﺸﻬﺮﻲ

ﺑﺎﻳﺰﻳﺪ بت ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ ﺍﻟﻤﺸﻬﻮﺭ ﺷﻴﺦ ﺍﻭﻏﻠﻲ

ﺷﻴﺦ ﺍﻭﻏﻠﻲ ﺟﻤﺎﻟﻲ

Cemâlı̂, active 15th century (authorised)

Bayezid, active 15th century (variant)

Bayezit, active 15th century (variant)

Cemâlı̂, 15th cent (variant)

Biographical notes

The pen-name of Cemālī is also used by Sufi poet Meḥmed Cemāleddīn (d. 1164/1744), which may result in a confusion of the two in mecmū‘a and cönk collections. In many of these the same pen-name also appears for Cemāl-i Ḫalvetī (d.899/1494), again leading to a possible confusion.

Cemālī is the nephew of famous court poet Şeyḫī (d. 832/1428-9).He may have also been called Şeyḫoġlı Cemālī or Şeyḫoġlı, leading to his confusion with the poet Şeyḫoġlı (d. after 803/1401-- before 812/1409). His date of birth is unknown. However it is generally accepted that he was born around 813-815 [1410-1412 CE], inferred from the estimation that he was around the age of twenty when he wrote an appendum to Şeyḫī’s Ḫusrev ü Şīrīn. Cemālī was most probably from Karaman, although he may also have been from Bursa. In addition to the nisba of el-Aḳşehrī, the nisba of el-Aḳsarāyī also appears in some manuscripts. Both towns indicate a Karamanid origin. Cemālī may have received his education in the Germiyān Beylik (Kütahya), the home town of his uncle Şeyḫī. Poems in Arabic and Persian in his Dīvān show that he was well-educated and versed in these languages. He may also have been a musician. A number of inscriptions in Bursa composed by Cemālī indicate that he may have spent part of his life in this city. Cemālī moved to Istanbul during the reign of Meḥmed II. His Dīvān includes several poems in praise of the conquest of Constantinople.Cemālī’s own reference to his old age at the time of his participation in the siege of Albania (Siege of Shkodra) in 883 AH [1478 CE] is our only definite source to the last years of his life. Cemālī’s Dīvān abounds in poetry dedicated to Meḥmed II to whom his other works are also dedicated, but no reference is made anywhere to Bāyezīd II. In contrast to the statements found in biographical dictionaries, where Cemālī is shown to have lived to the end of the reign of Bāyezīd II, we must thus conclude that he probably died at the end of the reign of Meḥmed II or in the early years of the reign of Bāyezīd II. In Osmanlı Müellifleri it is stated that his grave is located near the lodge of Emīr Buḫārī outside of Edirnekapı.

Title

Eş'ār

Poems

Notes

Cemālī’s Dīvān was written after Meḥmed II’s siege of Albania in 883 AH [1478 CE]. Its only extant copy consists of 54 folios. It includes several poems in praise of Meḥmed II and the siege of Constantinople. Also in the Dīvān are poems in Arabic and Persian.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Derdiyok, İ. Çetin. Cemâlî: Hayatı, Eserleri ve Dîvânı. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, 1994.

Kut, Günay. "Cemâlî." TDVİA. Vol 7 1993.

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. "Fâtih Devri Şairlerinden Cemâli ve Eserleri." Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi. IV, no. 3 1951: 189-213.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane Cönk 59

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 142

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 66

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 102

Gazi Husrev Library Turkish Manuscripts 2891

Berlin Staatsbibliothek Turkish Manuscripts 429

Atatürk Kitaplığı 63

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 602

Atatürk Kitaplığı 760

Atatürk Kitaplığı 315

Mevlana Müzesi 2457

Mevlana Müzesi 2095

Mevlana Müzesi 1656

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 651

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 635

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 699

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi 3753

Mevlana Müzesi 5071

Mevlana Müzesi 5995

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3563

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 481

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 106

Barberiniani orientali 47

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi 1968

Ankara Milli Kütüphane Ankara 3602

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1155

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 110

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 578

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1996

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2008

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 4168

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 3291

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 597

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 803

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 228

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 295

Work 3: Poetry (Kaygusuz Abdal, (active second half of the 14th century - First half of the 15th century))

LOC subject headings

Sufism

Turkish poetry

Bektashi

Author

Kaygusuz Abdal, (active second half of the 14th century - First half of the 15th century)

قيغوسوز ابدال

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Ḳayġusuz Abdāl

Kaygusuz Abdal, active 15th century (authorised)

Alâaddin Gaybî, active 15th century (variant)

Alâeddin Gaybî, active 15th century (variant)

Gaybî, active 15th century (variant)

Kaygusuz Abdal, 15th cent (variant)

قيغوسز ابدال (variant)

قيغوسز ابدال،, active 15th century (variant)

قيغوسز ابدل (variant)

Biographical notes

Turkish mystic poet and writer belonging to the dervish group named Abdālān-ı Rūm(ابدالان روم) , who was the first major representetive and the most influential forerunner of the genre which later came to be known as Alevi-Bektashi literature. Information on Ḳayġusuz Abdāl's life relies entirely on the references in his poems as well as the hagiographies of him and his master Abdāl Mūsā. Some scholars consider the name " Ġaybī(غيبي) which figures in his hagioraphy to be his real name. Other scholars, however, assert that this name rather resembles a pen name. His hagiography indicates that he was the son the Bey (Governor) of ‘Alā‘iye which is considered by some scholars as to be the reason for his occasional use of the pen name Sarāyī(سرايي). He served in the dervish lodge of his master Abdāl Mūsā (fl. 14th century) [1300-1399 CE]) which, according to historical documents, was initially located near Finike (Southern Anatolia) and later moved to the village of Tekke in Elmalı (Niğde, Turkey) . After obtaining icāzetnāme(اجازة نامه), Ḳayġusuz Abdāl travelled to Egypt where he found a dervish lodge in his own name. This dervish lodge as well as that of Abdāl Mūsā later became very important Bektashi centers. The references in his poems to place names in the Balkans as well as the existence of a neighborhood and a fountain named Ḳayġusuz in Bitola (Macedonia) have led scholars to believe that Ḳayġusuz either travelled to the Balkans or lived here for some time. His hagiography narrates his pilgrimage to Mecca and the cities he visited on his return, some of which include the sacred places of the Alevi-Bektashi and Shi’îte traditions, such as Kufah (Iraq), Najaf (Iraq) , Karbalāʼ (Iraq). It also gives a detailed account of his meeting with the Egyptian sultan which, in contrast to his other travels, cannot be verified through references in his works. Aḥmed Sırrı Baba(d. 1965 [1965 CE], ), the last shaykh of the Bektashi lodge in Cairo (Egypt), gives specific dates for Ḳayġusuz's travels and death (the date of 848 AH [1444 CE] for the latter), but does not make reference to any written sources. Two traditions exist on Ḳayġusuz's place of death, in parallel with the two distinct branches of his hagiography. According to one of these traditions, Ḳayġusuz died in Egypt and was buried in a cave in the mountain of Moqattam. This tradition is the source of the name ‘Abdullāhu’l-Maġavrī given to him by the people of Egypt. According to the second tradition, he was buried in Abdāl Mūsā dervish lodge in the village of Tekke. However, the fact that Evliyā Çelebī does no mention this tomb in his description of the dervish lodge makes doubtful the references in the kitābe of the tomb, which belongs to a later date. Ḳayġusuz Abdāl is the first poet known to call himself Bektāşī. His relation to Ḥacı Bektāş can be traced through his master Abdāl Mūsā, who was a follower (muḥibb) of Ḥacı Bektāş's spiritual daughter, Ḳadıncıḳ Ana. Abdāl Mūsā is also known for his participation in the conquest of Bursa which according to legend ties him to the Bektashisation of the Janissaries. According to the Bektashi tradition, Ḳayġusuz Abdāl initiated the use of the twelve-gored Qalandarī cap (ṭāc(طاج)). He and his master are nameholders of two of the twelve sheepskin ceremonial seats (pūṣt (پوصت)) in the Bektāshī meydān (ceremonial room), linking them to the duties of naḳīb(ناقيب) and ayaḳçı(اياقچي) in the Bektashi ceremony (cem‘(جمع)). A miniature of Ḳayġusuz Abdāl based on an older copy was painted by Levnī in the 18th century [1700-1799 CE]( TSMK, Albüm, nr. 2164, fol. 22b). Ḳayġusuz Abdāl also used his pen name in the form "Ḳayġusuz", which sometimes leads to the confusion of his poems in the cönk(جونك) and mecmū‘a(مجموعة) with those of a second Ḳayġusuz named Alāeddīn el-Vizevī(علاء الدين الوزوي) who lived in the 16th century [1500-1599 CE] and belonged to the Malāmī(ملامي) movement.

Title

Poetry

اشعار

Notes

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Ergun, Sadettin Nüzhet. Bektaşî Şairleri. İstanbul: Devlet Matbaası, 1930.

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî, ed. Alevî-Bektaşî Nefesleri. İstanbul: İnkılâp Kitabevi, 1992.

Güzel, Abdurrahman, ed. Kaygusuz Abdâl Divânı. Ankara: MEB, 2010.

Öztelli, Cahit, ed. Bektaşî Gülleri: Alevî-Bektaşî Şiirleri Antolojisi. İstanbul: Milliyet Yayınları, 1973.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane Cönk 59

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 142

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 66

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin oct. 102

Gazi Husrev Library Turkish Manuscripts 2891

Berlin Staatsbibliothek Turkish Manuscripts 429

Atatürk Kitaplığı 63

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 602

Atatürk Kitaplığı 760

Atatürk Kitaplığı 315

Mevlana Müzesi 2457

Mevlana Müzesi 2095

Mevlana Müzesi 1656

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 651

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 635

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 699

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi 3753

Mevlana Müzesi 5071

Mevlana Müzesi 5995

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3563

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 481

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 106

Barberiniani orientali 47

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi 1968

Ankara Milli Kütüphane Ankara 3602

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1155

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 110

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 578

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1996

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 2008

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 4168

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 3291

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 597

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 803

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 228

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 295

Physical Description

Number of folios

106 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 16.5cm, height 20.8cm

Dimensions of written area

width 9.3cm, height 16.5cm

History

Date of copy

20th. century