Genc-nāme
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- Country
- Turkey
- City
- Istanbul
- Institution
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi
- Collection
- Şazeli Tekkesi
- Shelfmark
- 78
Contents
- Work 2: Genc-nāme (رفيعي)
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- LOC subject headings
- Turkish language To 1500
- Masnavis
- Islamic poetry, Turkish
- Islamic ethics (Early works to 1800)
- Author
- رفيعي
- Show other names
- Refīʿī (d. after 811/1409)
- Refiʻı̂, active 14th century-15th century (authorised)
- Refiʻı̂, 14th/15th cent (variant)
- رفيعي (variant)
- Biographical notes
- Hurufi poet. He was likely of Azari origin and from Shirvan. He probably knew Nesīmī in Aleppo or Baghdad and travelled through Anatolia to disseminate Hurufi teachings. He was instructed by Nesīmī to write his Beşāret-nāme. His tomb is in Preveza.
- Title
- Genc-nāme
- ﻛﻨﺠﻨﺎﻣﻪ
- Notes
- A mes̱nevī of 144 to 169 couplets praising the Prophet and Faḍl Allāh Astarābadī. It discusses the importance of attaining moral perfection and gives a definition for it.
- Main language of text
- Turkish
- Foliation
- 41b-47a ff.
- Columns
- 2
- Ruled lines
- 17
- Bibliography
- Editions
- Ertaylan, İsmail Hikmet. Hurufî Edebiyatı Örnekleri I: Gencnâme-i Refiʿî. Istanbul: Ayaydın Matbaası, 1946. (Facsimile of a private manuscript belonging to İbrahim Olgun)
- Refīʿī, Mevlānā. "Genc-nāme." In Dīvān-ı Nesīmī. Istanbul: 1260, 9-14.
- Studies
- Björkman, W.. "Refīʿī." EI2. VIII 1995: 480-481.
- Gibb, Elias John Wilkinson. "A History of Ottoman Poetry." London: Luzac&Co, 1905, 336, 341, 344, 351, 369-380-336, 341, 344, 351, 369-380.
- Kut, Günay. "Refîî." TDVİA. 34 2007: 526-527.
- Show filiations
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 297
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 310
- National Library 383
- National Library 382
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 2268
- National Library 300
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 880
- Ankara Üniversitesi Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi 567
- Ankara Üniversitesi Dil Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi 5290
- Atatürk Kitaplığı 378
- Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 941
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 6784
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserleri Kütüphanesi 77
- Ankara Milli Kütüphane A 2711
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 35
- Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 3359
- National Library 300c
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 92 ff.
History
- Place
- Eylüçe ?
- Date of copy
- possibly 17th. century
- Provenance
- Waqf record and seal of Ḫadīce Sulṭān خديجة سلطان on 1a ff., dated 1231 AH [1815-1816 CE]. The seal repeats on 92b ff..