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Country

Turkey

City

Ankara

Institution

Ankara Milli Kütüphane

Collection

Milli Kütüphane Yazmalar Koleksiyonu

Shelfmark

A 8394

Contents

Cevāhirü’l-maʿānī (Ḫıżır b. Yaḳūb (fl. 808/1406))

Author

Ḫıżır b. Yaḳūb (fl. 808/1406)

خضر بن يقوب

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Ḫıżır b. Yaḳūb (fl. 808/1406) (authorised)

خضر بن يقوب (variant)

Biographical notes

Virtually nothing is known of the author other than his profession as religious preacher, for he refers to himself as el-Ḫaṭīb in his work, Cevāhirü’l-maʿānī ( and ). The author’s praise in his work for Emir Süleyman indicates his support for this Ottoman claimant to the throne during the Ottoman civil war during the first decade of the fifteenth century.

Title

Cevāhirü’l-maʿānī

جواهر المعابي

Notes

This didactic religious compilation with Sufi overtones and interspersed with Qur’anic verses, hadith reports and stories of the prophets, consists of five chapters (bāb): chapter one (maʿrifet-i nefs) begins with a Sufi discussion of self-knowledge as a first step to knowing God; chapter two (vācibāt), the bulk of the work, presents an explanatory commentary on the ninety-nine “beautiful” names of God (asmāʾ al-ḥusnā); chapter 3 (fıṭrat-ı ervāḥ) deals with the creation of the angels and relates miscellaneous information on the prophets and the end of the world as well as descriptions of heaven and hell; chapter 4 (ḫılḳat-ı insān) discusses the creation of man; and chapter 5 (sülūk-i umerāʾ ve vüzerāʾ) consists of discourses on correct sultanic behavior and political ethics, with the sultan conceived as the successor (khalifa) of God and previous rulers and caliphs serving as exemplary models. The work concludes with adages of wisdom and maxims of advice. This work was composed in 809 AH [1406 CE] during the period of Emir Süleyman, son of Bayezid I, and dedicated to a certain unnamed Paşa in Emir Süleyman’s employment. Lemi Akın proposes that this paşa most likely was Çandarlızade Ali Paşa (d. 809/1406), who served as vizier for around 19 years under the Ottoman sultans, beginning with Murad I. There has been much dispute over the authorship of his work. While Zeki Kaymaz argues that Aḥmed-i Dāʿī composed the work, Abdülbaki Çetin believes that Ḫıżır b. Yaʿḳūb el-Ḫaṭīb is the author as indicated in two of the earliest manuscripts. Subsequent scholars have generally followed Çetin in attributing authorship to Ḫıżır b. Yaʿḳūb el-Ḫaṭīb. Nevertheless, the work’s relationship with Aḥmed-i Dāʿī’s Miftâhu’l-Cenne, especially in regard to its shared stories of the prophets, deserves a closer look. There is considerable variation in some of the later manuscripts of this text.

Early Ottoman realm: western Anatolia or Rumelia

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Akın, Lemi. "Cevâhirü’l-Maʿânî (Paris Nüshası) Metin ve Söz Dizimi İncelemesi." PhD Dissertation, Istanbul: İstanbul University, 2011.

Direkçi, Bekir. "Cevâhirü’l-Meʿânî (Giriş - Dil Özellikleri - Metin - Dizin)." PhD Dissertation, Konya: Selçuk Universtiy, 2010.

Studies

Akın, Lemi. "Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Dönemine Ait Tasavvufî Bir Eser: Cevâhirü’l-Maʿânî ve Bazı Özellikleri." İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi: 2013: 5-20.

Direkçi, Bekir. "Hızır Bin Yakub’un Cevâhirü’l-Meʿânî Adlı Eseri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme." Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 28 2010: 109-122.

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Kaymaz, Zeki. "Ahmed-i Dâî’nin Bilinmeyen Bir Eseri: Cevâhirü’l Maʿânî." Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı Belleten. , no. 2 2003: 107-117.

Köktekin, Kazım. "Ahmed-i Dâî’nin Cevâhirü’l-Maʿâni Adlı Eserinin Yeni Bir Yazması Üzerine." İlmi Araştırmalar. , no. 12 2001: 143-152.

Çetin, Abdülbaki. "Ahmed-i Dâî’ye Atfedilen Bir Eser: Cevâhirü’l-Maâni." A.Ü. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi. , no. 21 2003: 309-322.

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France Supplément turc 499

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 533

Atatürk Üniversitesi ASL237

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi 2384

Ankara Milli Kütüphane FB 281

Köprülü Kütüphanesi 153

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1380

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 183

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2807

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1854

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1526

Physical Description

Number of folios

233 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

13

History

Date of copy

possibly 16th. century