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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

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Ayasofya

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1658

Contents

Iksīr al-Sa‘ādāt fi Asrār al-‘Ibādāt (Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad, 1345- c.1398)

Author

Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad, 1345- c.1398

قاضي برهان الدین احمد

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Kadi Burhaneddin, 1344-1398

قاضي برهان الدين

Biographical notes

Burhaneddin was born into a scholarly family in Kayseri; on his mother’s side he claimed kinship to the Seljuk dynasty. After studying in Syria and Egypt he returned to Anatolia in 1365 [1365 CE], entering the service of the ruler of Kayseri, the Eretnid Mehmet Beg, and was in 780 AH [1378 CE]appointed vizier toMehmet Beg’s successor Alaeddin Ali Beg. In 783 AH [1381 CE], he proclaimed himself ruler, with Sivas as his capital. His rule was spent in frequent wars with the Ottomans and Timur, 1336-1405 , during which time he also pursued his literary activities and composed the two Arabic prose works which have come done to us. We are uniquely well informed about his rule owing to the detailed panegyric biography by his courtier ‘Aziz b. Ardashir Astarabadi . However, he is best known as one of the earliest Turkish poets to try to emulate the Persian ghazal, even if his Dīvān evidently had a limited circulation.

Title

Iksīr al-Sa‘ādāt fi Asrār al-‘Ibādāt

اكسير السعادات في اسرار العبادات

Notes

The work comprises Burhaneddin’s commentary on Taftāzānī’s Tawḍīḥ al-Talwīḥ, a rebuttal of the Bukharan scholar Sadr al-Sharī‘a al-Thānī’s work al-Talwīḥ.

The place of composition is Sivas during the years 798-9 [1395-1397 CE].

Main language of text

Arabic

Bibliography

Studies

Baktır, Mustafa. "Kadı Burhaneddin Ahmed’in ilmi ve hukuki yönü." In XIII ve XIV yüzyıllarda Kayseri’de Bilim ve Din Sempozyumu. Kayseri: Kayseri Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür Müdürlüğü, 1996, 143-52.

Chittick, William C.. "Sultan Burhān al-Dīn’s Sufi correspondence." Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 73 1981: 33-45.

Peacock, A.C.S.. "Metaphysics and rulership in late fourteenth century Central Anatolia: Qadi Burhan al-Din of Sivas and his Iksīr al-Sa’ādāt." In Islamic Literature and Intellectual Life in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Anatolia. Würzburg: 2016, 101-136.

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Bursa İnebey Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 500

Physical Description

Number of folios

176 ff.

Seal

Seal of Bayezid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1447 or 1448-1512

History

Date of copy

15th century