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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

Collection

Esad Efendi

Shelfmark

3767

Contents

Work 9: Maḳāmāt-i Evliyā (Akşemseddin d. 863/1459)

LOC subject headings

Sufism

Author

Akşemseddin d. 863/1459

آق شمس الدين

Show other names

Muḥammad b. Ḥamza al-mulaqqab bi-Āq shams al-dīn al-rūmī

محمد بن حمزة الملقب بآق شمس الدين الرومي

Akşemseddin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (authorised)

Akşemseddin, 1389 or 90-1459 (variant)

Akşemseddin Mehmed ibn-i Hamza, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Akşemseddin, Mehmet, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Akşemsettin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmed Akşemseddin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmet Akşemsettin, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Mehmet Şemseddin bin Hamza, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Şemseddin Mehmed, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Şemsettin Mehmet, 1389 or 1390-1459 (variant)

Biographical notes

Born in Damascus in 792 AH [1390 CE], Akşemseddin came to Anatolia, to Amasya, in the company of his father, at the age of seven. He is said to have studied with Shaykh Bedreddin and became a Qur’an-teacher at Osmancık. He later joined the Zayniyya order and then became an associate of Haci Bayram-i Veli who appointed him his successor (halife) He made Beypazarı and Göynük the centre of activities, but gained favour at the Ottoman court for his medical expertise. He participated in the conquest of Constantinople and is credited with finding the tomb of the Umayyad hero Abu Ayyub Ansari from which the district of Eyüp now takes its name. He died at Göynük. Akşemseddin was the subject of a Menakibname by Enisi which survives in several mss, and is the main source for his life (this has been published in Yurd 1972: 7-142).

Title

Maḳāmāt-i Evliyā

مقامات اوليا

Notes

A treatise on the nature of sainthood, the position of the murshid

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

42b-46a ff.

Bibliography

Editions

Yurd, Ali İhsan. Fatih Sultan Mehmed Han’ın Hocası Akşemseddin: Hayatı ve Eserleri. Istanbul: 1972.

Studies

Kissling, H.J.. "Ak shams al-din." EI2. 1, [n.d.]: 312-3.

Köprülü, Orhan F. and Mustafa Uzun. "Akşemseddin." TDVIA. 2 1989: 299-302.

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Nuruosmaniye Yazma Eser KÜtüphanesi 2229

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 431

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Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi 1858

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 345

411

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 177

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 863

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 982

Physical Description

History

Date of copy

possibly 17th. century