Summary View

Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

Collection

Hacı Mahmud Efendi

Shelfmark

3232

Contents

Work 2: Saʿādet-nāme (Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460)

LOC subject headings

Sufi literature, Turkish

Author

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460

عبدالمجيد فرشتهﺍﻮﻏﻠﻲ

عبدالمجيد ابن فرشته

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ʿAbdü’l-mecīd Firişteoġlı

ʿAbdü’l-mecīd b. Firişte

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460 (authorised)

Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecit, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Ferişteoğlu, Abdülmecid, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Ferişteoğlu, Abdülmecit, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Abdülmecid ibn-i Firişte İzzeddin, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Abdülmecit ibn-i Firişte İzzeddin, -1459 or 1460 (variant)

Biographical notes

Born in Tire, ʿAbdü’l-mecīd b. Firişte is an important figure in the dissemination of Hurufi teachings in both Anatolia and Rumelia, due to his Turkish translations of the works of Fażlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) , the founder of the Hurufi sect. His initiation to the Hurufiyya probably took place after Astarābādī’s execution in 796 AH [1394 CE]. In his work the Saʿādet-nāme, he reveals his genealogy, which ties him to Astarābādī via the latter’s disciple Shams al-dīn Muḥaqqiq and his disciple Bāyezīd, who is Firişteoġlı’s spiritual director. Firişteoġlı’s brother ʿAbdü’l-laṭīf b. Firişte (İbn-i Melek) (d. after 821/1418) is also a prolific author, famous for his dictionary known as the Luġat-ı Firişteoġlı, often confused with his brother ʿAbdü’l-mecīd’s dictionary the Luġat-ı Ḳānūn-ı İlāhī. Their father’s name is ʿAbdü’l-ʿazīz.

Title

Saʿādet-nāme

سعادتنامه

Notes

Firişteoġlı notes that this work completed in Ṣafer 826 [1423 CE] consists of the translations of chapters from Fażlallāh Astarābādī (d. 796/1394) works named the Cāvidān-nāme, the ʿArş-nāme and the Muḥabbet-nāme. It is on the principles of Hurufism. The work is also important in that it includes Firişteoġlı’s genealogy connecting him to Astarābādī.

Main language of text

Turkish

Foliation

31b-68b ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

14

Hand

Copyist:İbrāhīm Edhem, إبراهيم أدهم

Date of copy

possibly 19th. century

Bibliography

Editions

Arıkoğlu, İsmail, Özer Şenödeyici and Fatih Usluer. Hurufilik Bilgisi: Ferişteoğlu Abdülmecid Külliyatı. Ankara: Gece Kitaplığı, 2014.

Studies

Aksu, Hüsamettin. "Firişteoğlu, Abdülmecid." TDVİA. 13 1996: 134-135.

Show filiations

Ankara Milli Kütüphane no. A 1688

Atatürk Kitaplığı 1269

Atatürk Kitaplığı 656

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 1251

Kastamonu İl Halk Kütüphanesi 4133

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1509

History

Place

Selānik