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Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi

Collection

İbrahim Efendi

Shelfmark

355

Contents

Work 1: Mürşidü’l-ʿubbād (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Didactic poetry

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

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ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Mürşidü’l-ʿubbād

مرشد العبّاد

Notes

ʿĀrif’s first work is a didactic mathnawi written in 841 AH [1437-1438 CE], consisting of 2042 couplets, in which the narrator gives counsels about religion, tasawwuf and ethics.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Sarıkaya, Bekir. "Arif Mürşidü'l-‘Ubbad, Nüsha-i ‘Alem ve Şerhü'l-Adem, Mevlid (Giriş-Transkripsiyonlu Metin-Sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1992.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Work 2: Nüsḫa-ı ʿĀlem ve Şerḥü’l-Ādem (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Sufi poetry, Turkish

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

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ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Nüsḫa-ı ʿĀlem ve Şerḥü’l-Ādem

نسخه عالم و شرح الادم

Notes

The mathnawi consisting of 368 couplets is written in 841 AH [1437-1438 CE]. It is about the Sufi understanding of human being holding a microcosmos in himself. In this work, ʿĀrif explains the idea that every element in the universe has an equivalent in human body.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Sarıkaya, Bekir. "Arif Mürşidü'l-‘Ubbad, Nüsha-i ‘Alem ve Şerhü'l-Adem, Mevlid (Giriş-Transkripsiyonlu Metin-Sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1992.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Work 3: Mevlidü’n-nebī (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 (Biography)

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

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ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Mevlidü’n-nebī

مولد النبى

Notes

The mathnawi written in 841 AH [1437-1438 CE], narrates the birth of the prophet Muhammad. The only copy known is incomplete, including only the first 216 couplets of the work which must be 743 couplets in total. It is the third Mevlid written in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13)’s the Mevlid and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422)’s the Vesīletü’n-necāt.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Sarıkaya, Bekir. "Arif Mürşidü'l-‘Ubbad, Nüsha-i ‘Alem ve Şerhü'l-Adem, Mevlid (Giriş-Transkripsiyonlu Metin-Sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1992.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Work 4: Miʿrācü’n-nebī (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Ascension Muḥammad, Prophet, -632

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

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ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Miʿrācü’n-nebī

معراج النبى

Notes

The mathnawi written in 841 AH [1437-1438 CE], depicts the prophet Muhammad's ascension. The only copy known of the work which must be consisted of 1855 couplets, has 1729 couplets; having missing parts from the beginning and in the middle.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Gülsoy, Nebahat. "Arif: Miraç-name, vefat, isimsiz bir mesnevi (giriş-transkripsiyonlu metin-sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1993.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Work 5: Vefātü’n-nebī (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 (Biography)

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

Show other names

ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Vefātü’n-nebī

وفات النبى

Notes

The mathnawi accomplished in 5th Rebīʿü’l-āḫir 842 [1438 CE], consisting of 1402 couplets is about the sickness and the death of the prophet Muhammad and how these incidents affected his companions. At the end of the Vefātü’n-nebī, ʿĀrif gives the total number of the couplets contained in his five mathnawis, consisting of 4000 in total.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Gülsoy, Nebahat. "Arif: Miraç-name, vefat, isimsiz bir mesnevi (giriş-transkripsiyonlu metin-sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1993.

Kocatürk, Vasfi Mahir. In Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi. Ankara: Edebiyat Yayınevi, 1964, 261-264. (<p>introduces the content and includes parts from the work</p>)

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Work 6: Untitled Mathnawi (ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438))

LOC subject headings

Didactic poetry

Author

ʿĀrif (d. After 842/1438)

عارف

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ʿĀrif (authorised)

عارف (variant)

Biographical notes

Nothing is known about ʿĀrif’s life except that his was the author of six mathnawis and some poems and is one of the earliest authors of a ḫamse (a collection of five mathnawis)) in Turkish literature after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Ḳayġusuz Abdāl (d. 848/1444 ?). He is also the earliest author of a Mevlid (A poem on the birth of the Prophet) after Aḥmedī (d. 815/1412-13) and Süleymān Çelebi (d. 825/1422) .

Title

Untitled Mathnawi

Notes

This is a short mathnawi consisting of 39 couplets in which the poet advises against the temptations presented by the soul and the devil.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Gülsoy, Nebahat. "Arif: Miraç-name, vefat, isimsiz bir mesnevi (giriş-transkripsiyonlu metin-sözlük)." unpublished MA thesis, Istanbul: Marmara University, 1993.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif, Hayatı, Edebî Kişiliği ve Eserlerinin Tenkidli Metni I. C. İnceleme-II. C. Metin." unpublished PHD thesis, Konya: Selçuk University, 1996.

Tunç, Semra. "Ârif ve II. Murâd Döneminde Yazılmış Bir Hamse." Selçuklu Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. , no. 12 2002: 155-168.

Çelebioğlu, Amil. Türk Mesnevî Edebiyatı: 15 yy. kadar (Sultan II. Murad Devri) (824-855/1421-1451). Istanbul Kitabevi, 1999.

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Physical Description

Columns

1

Ruled lines

15

History

Date of copy

possibly 15th. century