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Work 46: Gülşen-i Rāz (Elvān-ı Şīrāzī (779/1377 d. after 829/1426))

LOC subject headings

Sufi poetry, Turkish

Author

Elvān-ı Şīrāzī (779/1377 d. after 829/1426)

الوان شيرازى

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Elvân-ı Şirâzî, active 15th century (authorised)

Elvân-ı Şirâzî, 15th cent (variant)

Elvân, Şirâzî, active 15th century (variant)

Biographical notes

Belonging to a Persian family probably from Shiraz settled in Anatolia during the reign of Orḫān Ġazī (724/1324-761/1359), Elvān-ı Şīrāzī’s work represents Ottoman poetry, in the formation period. His date of birth is estimated through the Gülşen-i Rāz’s muqaddima where he states that he wrote the work when he was 50 years old and he gives the spring of 829 AH [1426 CE] as the corresponding date. His date of death remains unknown. He is sometimes mentioned as “Şeyḫ” Elvān-ı Şīrāzī. Although Laṭīfī (d. 990/1582) ties him to Ḥacı Bayrām-ı Velī (d. 833/1430), there isn’t enough evidence that he belongs in the sect, in the Bayrāmī literature.

Title

Gülşen-i Rāz

گلشن راز

Notes

Elvān-ı Şīrāzī translated Maḥmūd Shabistarī (d. 720/1320)'s work by the same name from Persian into Turkish in 829 AH [1426 CE] at the behest of Şeyḫüˈl-İslām Mollā Fenārī and dedicated his work to Murād II (824/1421-855/1451). Şīrāzī tripled the size of the original work by making some additions and explanations. The work is about the principles of the wahdat al-wujūd belief. Şīrāzī made further explanations by references from hadiths and ayats. This is the only work known byElvān-ı Şīrāzī.

The title appears as Gülşen-i Envār-ı Ḥaḳāyıḳ in the catalogue

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

356v-425v

Columns

2

Ruled lines

21

Bibliography

Studies

Bankır, Mehmet Malik. "Gülşen-i Raz (grammar-text-grammatical index)." Unpublished MA thesis, Erzurum: Atatürk University, 1997.

Gebrem, Mehmet. "Gülşen-i Râz." Unpublished Senior Thesis, Istanbul: Istanbul University, 1971.

Özkan, Mustafa. "Elvân-ı Şîrâzî." TDVİA. 11 1995: 67-68.

Ülken, Fatih. "Elvan-ı Şirazi'nin Güşen-i Raz tercümesi - inceleme, metin." Unpublished PHD thesis, İzmir: Ege University, 2002.

Şahiner, Figen. "Şeyh Elvân-ı Şirâzî - Gülşen-i Râz (Transkripsiyonlu Metin)." unpublished senior thesis, Ankara: Ankara University, 1966.

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Work 48: Beşāret-nāme (رفيعي‏)

LOC subject headings

Turkish language To 1500

Masnavis

Islamic poetry, Turkish

Faith (Islam) (Early works to 1800)

Author

رفيعي‏

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Refīʿī (d. after 811/1409)

Refiʻı̂, active 14th century-15th century (authorised)

Refiʻı̂, 14th/15th cent (variant)

رفيعي (variant)

Biographical notes

Hurufi poet. He was likely of Azari origin and from Shirvan. He probably knew Nesīmī in Aleppo or Baghdad and travelled through Anatolia to disseminate Hurufi teachings. He was instructed by Nesīmī to write his Beşāret-nāme. His tomb is in Preveza.

Title

Beşāret-nāme

ﺑﺸﺎﺭﺗﻨﺎﻣﻪ

Notes

A collage of Faḍl Allāh Astarābadī’s Jāvidānnāmah, ʿArshnāmah, and Maḥabbatnāmah in mes̱nevī form, consisting of approximately 1500 couplets. It also narrates Refīʿī’s meeting with Nesīmī and acquaintance with Hurufi doctrine.

Date of completion: Ramadan 811 [1409 CE]

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

392a-422b ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Yiğit, Mehmet. "Refî’î’nin Beşâretnâmesi: Dilbilgisi-Karşılaştırmalı Metin-Sözlük." Dissertation, Van: Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, 1986.

Studies

Björkman, W.. "Refīʿī." EI2. VIII 1995: 480-481.

Gibb, Elias John Wilkinson. "A History of Ottoman Poetry." London: Luzac&Co, 1905, 336, 341, 344, 351, 369-380-336, 341, 344, 351, 369-380.

Kut, Günay. "Refîî." TDVİA. 34 2007: 526-527.

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Yapı Kredi Sermet Çifter Kütüphanesi 272

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Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3479

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Work 55: İlāhiyāt (Yūnus Emre (d. 1320))

LOC subject headings

Sufism

Turkish poetry

Author

Yūnus Emre (d. 1320)

يونس امره

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Yunus Emre, -1320? (authorised)

Эмре, Юунус, -1320? (variant)

Юунус Эмре, -1320? (variant)

امره, يونس, -1320? (variant)

يونس أمره, -1320? (variant)

Ėmra, I︠U︡nus, -1320? (variant)

Ėmre, I︠U︡nus, -1320? (variant)

Ėmre, I︠U︡unus, -1320? (variant)

Emre, Jonuz, -1320? (variant)

Emre, Yunus, -1320? (variant)

Imră, I̐unus, -1320? (variant)

I︠U︡nus Ėmra, -1320? (variant)

I︠U︡nus Ėmre, -1320? (variant)

I̐unus Imră, -1320? (variant)

I︠U︡unus Ėmre, -1320? (variant)

Jonuz Emre, -1320? (variant)

Younous Emré, -1320? (variant)

Yunus Emre, d. 1320? (variant)

Biographical notes

Turkish mystic poet of the second half of the 13th century [1200-1299 CE] and the first quarter of the 14th century [1300-1399 CE] , who was extremely influential in the dissemination of Sufi teachings in Anatolia and the formation of tekke poetry, in addition to his leading role in the use of ‘arūḍ meter in Old Anatolian Turkish. Information on Yūnus's life is scarce and relies heavily on the references in his poems as well as legendary tales. His dates of birth and death have been subject to various debates, which were largely concluded by a record published by Adnan Erzi ( (Erzi_1950, pp. 85-89). Taken from a mecmū‘a at Beyazıt Library (Beyazıt Library 7912, , 38v). This record indicates that Yūnus lived for 82 years and died in 720 AH [1320-1321 CE] This puts his date of birth in the year of 638 AH [1240-1241 CE]. According to the general opinion, Yūnus was born in an area nearby the Sakarya river and lived in the Ṭapduḳ Emre convent located at Emrem Sultan near Nallıhan. He donated his land in Sarıköy to the convent. In some of his poems Yūnus Emre mentions that he lived to an old age. Certain of his poems indicate that Yūnus had children. In a document dated 924 AH [1518 CE] in Konya Registers No. 871 of the Ottoman Archives, reference is made to Yūnus's son İsmā‘īl and to the fact that Yūnus Emre bought a land named Ammā Yerce from Karamanoğlu İbrahim Bey. Tough his references to being ümmī in his poems led popular legend to consider him as illiterate, it is now well accepted that Yūnus was fairly educated. Gölpınarlı ( (Golpinarli_1961, pp. 100-101)) draws close parallels between some of his poems and those of Saʻdī and Mevlānā Celāleddīn Rūmī, concluding that Yūnus knew enough Persian to do translations. The precise nature of his education is not known. References in his poems indicate that Yūnus was a disciple of Ṭapduḳ Emre , who was in turn the disciple of Ṣarı Ṣaltuḳ. In addition to these two masters, Yūnus mentions Mevlānā Celāleddīn Rūmī in his poems, for whom he has great veneration. He is critical of the dervish Geyikli Baba (14th cent.). The lack of references to Ḥacı Bekṭāş Velī indicate that, contrary to the passages in Bektashi sources, Yūnus Emre was not directly related to Ḥacı Bekṭāş. We know from his poem that Yūnus Emre travelled extensively. The places mentioned in his poems include Kayseri, Sivas, Maraş, “upper lands” (Azerbaijan), Damascus, Shiraz, Baghdad, Tabriz and Nakhchivan. References in his poems suggest that he did not go on pilgrimage. There are graves attributed to Yūnus in various places in Anatolia as well as in Azerbaijan. Scholars agree on the authenticity of the grave in Sarıköy, near Sivrihisar. This grave was moved in 1946 [1946 CE] in the building of the railway between Ankara and Eskişehir and was subsequently transferred to its own newly built musoleum in 1970 [1970 CE]. Faruk K. Timurtaş was the first scholar to indicate that Yūnus Emre and ‘Āşıḳ Yūnus were two separate poets. ( (Timurtaş, Faruk, ed. Yunus Emre Dîvânı. Ankara: Başbakanlık Basımevi, 1986., pp. 19)). The poet ‘Āşıḳ Yūnus lived in Bursa and died in the beginning of the 15th century [1400-1499 CE]. The fact that Yūnus Emre used adjectives such as “ ‘āşıḳ, miskīn, dervīş” to refer to himself resulted in the mixing of the poems attributed to the two poets. This is visible in a majority of the manuscripts.

Title

İlāhiyāt

ألاهيات

Notes

Table of contents on 2v-3r.The poems of Yūnus Emre do not figure in the table of contents, possibly because they are in the margins (the handwriting of the main body and the margin belongs to the same copyist). The poems of Yūnus Emre are preceded in the margins by those of Ḳayġusuz Abdal.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

453r-454r

Columns

1

Bibliography

Editions

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî, ed. Yunus Emre Divanı. Istanbul: A. Halit Kitabevi, 1943-1948.

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâkî, ed. Yunus Emre Divanı. Istanbul: A. Halit Kitabevi, 1943-1948.

Köprülü, Mehmet Fuat, ed. Yunus Emre. Istanbul: YKY, 2007. (Dictionary beneath each poem)

Tatçı, Mustafa. Yûnus Emre Külliyâtı. H Yayınları, 2008.

Tatçı, Mustafa, ed. Yûnus Emre. Dîvân-ı İlâhiyât. Istanbul: Kapı Yayınları, 2011.

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Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 906

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 907

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 6497

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 731

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 43

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 39

Sadberk Hanım Müzesi Kütüphanesi 462

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 763

İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 829

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 150

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 197

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 173

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 29

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 157

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1511

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 697

Yapı Kredi Sermet Çifter Kütüphanesi 446

Yapı Kredi Sermet Çifter Kütüphanesi 272

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 800

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1025

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 500

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3479

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3773

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 3327

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 550

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 96

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 305

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 34

Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 2704

Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 5967

Vatican Library 275

National Library 233b

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 190

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 2585

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 316

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 2961

Physical Description

Number of folios

461 ff.

Seal

Unreadable seal on 2r. Tughra on 4r, followed by waqf record with the name: Sulṭān ‘Os̱mān III..

Seal

Seal of Ibrāhīm Ḥanīf.

Seal

Waqf seal and record of 'Osmān III on 1a ff..

History

Date of copy

20th. century