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The Personal Library of Fuad Köprülü

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Dīvān (Naḳḳāş Ṣafī (d. after 840/1437))

Author

Naḳḳāş Ṣafī (d. after 840/1437)

ﻧﻘّﺎﺶ صفي

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Naḳḳāş Ṣafī, d. after 840/1437 (authorised)

ﻧﻘّﺎﺶ صفي (variant)

Biographical notes

Naḳḳāş Ṣafī was a court poet from Bursa, who lived during the reigns of Meḥmed I, and Murād II. He probably came to know Murād II during the sultan’s time in Bursa. While a companion to Murād II, Naḳḳāş Ṣafī was falsely accused and thrown in prison. He obtained the help of military judge Veliyyüddīn b. İlyās, the father of Aḥmed Paşa (d. 902/1496-97). Soon after being released from prison, he died in Edirne, where he was buried. The information on Naḳḳāş Ṣafī figuring in the bibliographical dictionaries is corraborated by references in his poetry. Although Ṣafī wrote laudatory poetry for a high number of officials, he had difficulty finding patronage, as evidenced by one of his poems. Despite the fact that Ṣafī was praised more for his miniature paintings than for his literary talent, he was a popular poet up to the seventeenth century [1600-1699 CE]. Up to 8 of his poems were considered as zemīn, to which most 15th [1400-1499 CE] and 16th century [1500-1599 CE] poets wrote naẓīres.

Title

Dīvān

ﺩﻳﻮﺍﻥ

Notes

The only extant copy of Naḳḳāş Ṣafī’s Dīvān is not in classic dīvān order, suggesting that he either did not have the time to complete it, or that it was assembled by someone else. The Dīvān includes laudatory poetry for a high number of government officials and important people of his time. Ṣafī made a special effort to use Turkish words in his rhymes.

Manuscript in the private library of Fuad Köprülü. Missing folios in the beginning and the end. Description taken from: Erünsal, (Erünsal, İsmail E.. "II. Murad Devri Şâirlerinden Nakkaş Safî ve Dîvânı." Osmanlı Araştırmaları: The Journal of Ottoman Studies. 34 2009: 105-118., pp. 105-118). The article includes edited excerpts from the manuscript, as well as a list of its contents.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Edirneli Nazmî, . Mecma‘u’n-Neẓā’ir. Edited by Köksal, M. Fatih. Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, 2012, 353-4 (naẓīre), 399-400 (n.), 408-9 (n.), 662 (n.), 865 (zemīn), 1360 (z.), 1740-1(z.), 2091-2(z.), 2675-6 (n.), 2702 (z.), 2736-7(z.), 2784-5 (n.).

Erünsal, İsmail E.. "II. Murad Devri Şâirlerinden Nakkaş Safî ve Dîvânı." Osmanlı Araştırmaları: The Journal of Ottoman Studies. 34 2009: 105-118.

Köprülü, M. Fuad. Eski Şairlerimiz, Divan Edebiyatı Antolojisi. İstanbul: Muallim Ahmet Halit Kitaphanesi, 1934, 120-1. [4 ġazels].

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. Eski Türkiye Türkçesi, XV. Yüzyıl. Istanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi, 1977, 149-167. (edition of Ṣafī’s poems in TK_Bay_5782 )

Ömer b. Mezîd, and Mustafa Canpolat. Mecmūaʿtü’n-neẓāʾir. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1982, 59, 120, 177, 183, 196, 219, 228. (edition of Ṣafī’s poems in UK_UkLSOA_ms_27689 )

Ünver, İsmail. "Nakkaş Safî." In Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Sempozyumu: Mustafa Canpolat Armağanı. Ölmez, Mehmet and Aysu Ata, ed. Ankara: Sanat Kitabevi, 2003, 295-308. (4 ġazels, from TK_Bay_5782 and TK_TKSM_Bag_406 )

Studies

Köprülü, M. Fuad. Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Edited by Köprülü, Orhan F. and Nermin Pekin. Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, 1981, 364-265.

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Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 2644

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 58

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 4222

Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 4915

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 406

National Library H.O. 142

Physical Description

Number of folios

87 ff.

History

Date of copy

20th. century