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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi

Collection

Esad Efendi

Shelfmark

no. 682

Contents

Work 1: Durar al-ḥukkām fī sharḥ ghurar al-aḥkām (Hüsrev, Molla, -1480)

LOC subject headings

Islamic law (Early works to 1800)

Hanafites (Early works to 1800)

Author

Hüsrev, Molla, -1480

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Molla Hüsrev, ö.885/1480

ملا خسرو, محمد بن فرامرز بن علي

Mollā Ḫüsrev, Meḥmed b. Ferāmurz b. ‘Alī, d. 1480

Mollā Ḫüsrev

Hu˜srev, Molla, -1480 (authorised)

Hʼusrav, Molla, -1480 (variant)

Hu˜srev, Molla, d. 1480 (variant)

Hu˜srev Molla, Mehmed, -1480 (variant)

Køhøosrew, Molla, -1480 (variant)

Mehmed b. Faramurz b. Ali, -1480 (variant)

Mehmed b. Firamurz b. Ali, -1480 (variant)

Molla Hu˜srev, -1480 (variant)

Muhammed b. Feramurz b. Ali, -1480 (variant)

Mulla Khusraw, Muḥammad ibn Faramurz, -1480 (variant)

Mulla Khusraw, Muḥammad ibn Faramurz, d. 1480 or 81 (variant)

ʼđł˜, ʹ (variant)

ʼđł˜, ʹ, ®. 1480 (variant)

ʼđł˜, ʹ (variant)

ʹ ʼđł˜, Ư · łʹłø (variant)

Biographical notes

A Sufi mystic, grandson of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī by his son Sulṭān Valad, 1226-1312,. He was born Konya on 8 D̲h̲u al-Qaʿda 670 [1272 CE] and achieved the position of third leader of the Mevleviyeh Sufi order after his father died in 1312 [1312 CE]. If we trust some of his biographers such as Aflākī, Ulu Arif Çelebi, d. 1320 played an important role in the political establishment of this Sufi order, acting as an ambassador in the name of his father to the Mongol ruler Uljāytū Khudābandah, Ilkhan of Iran, approximately 1280-1316 during the year 1312 [1312 CE]. On that occasion, he opposed the recent conversion to Shiism by the Mongol Ilkhan. He also travelled in Iraq, Iran and especially across Anatolia but unlike his ancestors, he is not praised for his literary talents, leaving only a small number of poems mostly in ghazal and ruba’i form. The same Aflākī depicts him as more concerned with Sufi practices rather than literary activities, describing his participation in long samāʿ sessions that raised suspicion of Ulu Arif Çelebi’s involvement in antinomian tendencies of Anatolia Sufism (especially Qalandarism). He died in Konya on the 23rd of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 719 [1320 CE] and was buried in the Mevlevi Tomb (türbe) that is still standing in the city today.

Title

Durar al-ḥukkām fī sharḥ ghurar al-aḥkām

درر الحكام في غرر الحكام

Notes

A self-commentary on the author's Ghurar al-aḥkām (غرر الاحكام), the Durar al-ḥukkām (درر الحكامis Mollā Ḫüsrev's most popular and most copied work. A substantial work on Hanafi jurisprudence consisting of 55 books (copies generally range around 300-400 folios), the Durar al-ḥukkām (درر الحكام focuses on uṣūl al-fiqh, the theoretical foundation of Islamic law. It was composed between the years 1472 and 1477.

Main language of text

Arabic

Foliation

1v-385r ff.

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Physical Description

Number of folios

391 ff.

Dimensions of folio

width 13.3cm, height 21.1cm

Dimensions of written area

width 8.4cm, height 16.3cm

Hand

Copyist: Muḥammed b. Şeyḫ Aḥmed el-Boluvī محمد بن شيخ احمد البولوي

History

Place

Bursa (Turkey)

Date of copy

17th. century