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Turkey

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Ankara

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane

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no. 8110

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Work 1: ‘Acāib al-maḫlūḳāt (Ahmet Bican, active 15th century)

LOC subject headings

Cosmography (Early works to 1800)

Geography, Arab

Zoology (Pre-Linnean works)

Author

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century

Show other names

احمد بيجان

Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān b. Ṣāliḥ el-Gelibolu, d. after 1465

Yazıcızāde Aḥmed Bīcān

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (authorised)

Ahmed Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmed Bijan, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmet Bican, 15th cent (variant)

Bican, Ahmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bidøjøan, Aḥmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bijan, Ahmed, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łoglu Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łzade Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

ʹƯ ·Ơʹ (variant)

Biographical notes

The early Ottoman mystic and author of religious and apocalyptic works, Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed, d. after 1465, was the son of Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, a clerk employed in the Ottoman government, and younger brother of Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451. Born in a village outside of Malkara (Tekirdağ, Turkey), he later settled in Gelibolu (Turkey) where he composed his works during the reigns of Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451 and Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481. Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān was a disciple of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 the founder of the Bayramīyah order.

Title

‘Acāib al-maḫlūḳāt

عجائب المخلوقات

Notes

The ‘Acāib al-maḫlūḳāt (عجائب المخلوقات) is an abridged loose Turkish adaptation of Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283’s popular Arabic cosmographical work of the same name, the first systematic exposition of cosmography in Muslim literature. The work treats supraterrestrial phenomena such as the moon, sun, star and the inhabitants of the heavens such as angels, as well as terrestial phenomena, ranging from the elements, climes, geographical features and natural history as well as discussing mankind and characteristics of human tribes. Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān claims to have compiled the work on the suggestion of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429. The work was completed in 1453 [1453 CE].

Main language of text

Ottoman

Foliation

1v-25r ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Studies

Show filiations

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 3631

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 110

Türk Dil Kurumu Kütüphanesi no. 142

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 110

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 335

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 127

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 108

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2004

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2343

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2465

Çorum Hasan Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 3169

Erzurum İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 2340

İzmir Milli Kütüphane no. 1790

Kayseri Raşit Efendi Eski Eserler Kütüphanesi no. 26098

Ankara Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Kütüphanesi no. 1251

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 2126

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 478

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5245

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 139

Kütahya Vahid Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 1617

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 2757

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 3028

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 6589

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 8549

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 8560

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 1642

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi no. 1533

Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi no. 5498

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 402

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 100

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 556

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 775

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 656

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2498

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5392

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 69

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 4899

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 739

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 740

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 114

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 3722

Amasya Beyazıt İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 1870

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 69

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 402

Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi no. 386

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 100

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 4899

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5392

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 110

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 108

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 114

National Library 158

National Library 480

Work 2: Dürr-i meknūn (Ahmet Bican, active 15th century)

LOC subject headings

Apocalyptic literature

Religion (Encyclopedias)

Author

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century

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احمد بيجان

Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān b. Ṣāliḥ el-Gelibolu, d. after 1465

Yazıcızāde Aḥmed Bīcān

Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (authorised)

Ahmed Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmed Bijan, active 15th century (variant)

Ahmet Bican, 15th cent (variant)

Bican, Ahmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bidøjøan, Aḥmet, active 15th century (variant)

Bijan, Ahmed, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łoglu Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

Yaz♯łc♯łzade Ahmet Bican, active 15th century (variant)

ʹƯ ·Ơʹ (variant)

Biographical notes

The early Ottoman mystic and author of religious and apocalyptic works, Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed, d. after 1465, was the son of Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, a clerk employed in the Ottoman government, and younger brother of Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451. Born in a village outside of Malkara (Tekirdağ, Turkey), he later settled in Gelibolu (Turkey) where he composed his works during the reigns of Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451 and Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481. Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān was a disciple of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 the founder of the Bayramīyah order.

Title

Dürr-i meknūn

در مكنون

Notes

The Dürr-i meknūn (در مكنون) is an apocalyptic text organized according to an encyclopedic format. It was composed in between the years 1454-1465 [1454-1465 CE] in the Turkish Anatolian vernacular for a popular audience. It consists of 18 chapters covering cosmology, Creation, the wonders of the world and marvelous creatures, the Prophets to Prophet Muḥammad, the climes, days and hours, geography, the cities of the world with an emphasis on Constantinople, iconic religious monuments of the Abrahamic faith, King Solomon, physiognomy, materia medica (medicinal plants), geographical wonders, the story of Simurg, divination, portents, and eschatology, with an emphasis on the signs of the Last Hour. It posits the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 as an important sign, and presents Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 as one of the actors of the final tribulations. The chapters on divination and eschatology draw largely on Bisṭāmī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1380-1454’s Miftāḥ al-jafr al-jāmi‘(مفتاح الجفر الجامع) (The Key to All Divination), a work on the science of letters and which is originally based on Abū Sālim al-Naṣībī, Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, 1186 or 1187-1254 or 1255’s al-Durr al-munaẓẓam fī al-sirr al-aʻẓam (الدر المنظم في السر الاعظم).

Main language of text

Ottoman Turkish

Foliation

25v-97r ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Studies

Show filiations

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 3631

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 110

Türk Dil Kurumu Kütüphanesi no. 142

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 110

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 335

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 127

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 108

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2004

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2343

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2465

Çorum Hasan Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 3169

Erzurum İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 2340

İzmir Milli Kütüphane no. 1790

Kayseri Raşit Efendi Eski Eserler Kütüphanesi no. 26098

Ankara Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Kütüphanesi no. 1251

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 2126

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 478

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5245

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 139

Kütahya Vahid Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 1617

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 2757

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 3028

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 6589

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 8549

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 8560

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. 1642

Atıf Efendi Kütüphanesi no. 1533

Beyazıt Devlet Kütüphanesi no. 5498

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 402

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 100

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 556

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 775

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 656

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 2498

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5392

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 69

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 4899

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 739

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 740

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 114

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 3722

Amasya Beyazıt İl Halk Kütüphanesi no. 1870

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 69

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 402

Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi no. 386

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 100

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 4899

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 5392

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi no. 110

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 108

Hacı Selim Ağa Kütüphanesi no. 114

National Library 158

National Library 480

Physical Description

Number of folios

97 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 14.2cm, height 20.1cm

Dimensions of written area

width 8.8cm, height 15.0cm

Columns

1

Ruled lines

21

History

Date of copy

17th. century