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Muḳaddimetü’l-ḥaḳā’iḳ (Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418)

Author

Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418

نسيمي

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Nesīmī (d. 820/1418 [?])

Seyyid İmādüddīn Nesīmī (d. 820/1417?)

ﺳﻴﺪ ﻋﻤﺎﺩﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ نسيمي

Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (authorised)

Imadăddin Năsimi, approximately 1369-1418 (variant)

Imadeddin Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Nasīmī, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Nasīmī, ʻImād al-Dīn, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Năsimi, Imadăddin, approximately 1369-1418 (variant)

Nasimi, Imadeddin, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Nesimi, ca. 1369-ca. 1418 (variant)

Nesimi, d. 1404 or 5 (variant)

Nesimi, İmadeddin, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Nesimi, Seýit Umadutdin, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Nesimi, Umadutdin, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Seĭid Imadeddin Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Seĭit Ymadeddin Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Seyid İmadeddin Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Seyyid Nesîmî, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Ymadeddin Nesimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Насими, Имадеддин, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

عماد الدين نسيمى (variant)

نسينى (variant)

نسيمي (variant)

نسيمي،, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

نسيمي،, حو. 1369-حو. 1418 (variant)

Sayyid ʻImād al-Dīn Nasīmī Tabrīzī, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

سيد عماد الدين نسيمى تبريزى (variant)

Nasīmī Tabrīzī, Sayyid ʻImād al-Dīn, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Tabrīzī, Sayyid ʻImād al-Dīn Nasīmī, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Seyyid İmadäddin Näsimi, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Näsimi, Seyyid İmadäddin, approximately 1369-approximately 1418 (variant)

Biographical notes

Nesīmī is an early Ottoman poet and mystic, famous for his Ḥurūfī worldview. He is believed to have come from Nesīm, near Baghdād. He was most likely of Turkoman origin, although his title of “Seyyid” also points to Arab blood. About 804 AH [1401 CE] he became a follower of Faḍl Allāh Ḥurūfī (d. 796/1394), whom he personally met, and eventually became his successor. After Faḍl Allāh’s death, he left Azerbaijan for Anatolia. He came to Bursa during the reign of Murād I (761-91/1360-89) and was not well received here. Ḥacı Bayram (d. 833/1430) refused to see him in Ankara. He eventually went to Aleppo, where he was flayed for his heretical views in 820 AH [1417 CE] (other dates are also given in the historical sources). Evliyā Çelebi (d. 1095/1684) mentions a lodge and a tomb for Nesīmī in this city. Nesīmī had Dīvāns in both Persian and Turkish, which he knew equally well, as well as possibly a Dīvān in Arabic which is no longer extant. His Turkish shows the characteristics of the Ādharī dialect. Nesīmī’s poetry focuses on Ḥurūfī teachings, the doctrine of the oneness of being, and the praise of the Twelve Imams. The latter aspect, in addition to his martyrdom, has led to the Alevi adoption of Nesīmī, who consider him as one of their seven great poets. Nesīmī also had an important historical role in the development of classical literature in Turkish, with his extensive use of complex images (maḍmūn).

Title

Muḳaddimetü’l-ḥaḳā’iḳ

مقدمه الحقاﺋق

Notes

This prose work is based on Faḍl Allāh Ḥurūfī (d. 796/1394)Jāvidān-nāma and deals with the practice of religion according to Ḥurūfī doctrine. Its attribution to Nesīmī is uncertain.

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

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Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki. Hurufîlîk Metinleri Kataloğu. Ankara: 1973.

Gölpınarlı, Abdülbâki. Nesîmî, Usûlî, Rûhî. İstanbul: Kapı, 2014.

Köprülü, Fuat. "Nesimî’ye Dair." Hayat. I, no. 20 1927.

Olgun, İbrahim. "Seyyit Nesîmî Üzerine Notlar." TDAY Belleten. 1970: 47-68.

Olgun, İbrahim. "Nesîmî Üzerine Notlar." TDAY Belleten. 1971: 195-207.

Ünver, Mustafa. Hurûfîlik ve Kuran: Nesîmî Örneği. Ankara: 2003.

Üzüm, İlyas. "Nesīmī–Görüşleri." TDVİA. 33, [n.d.]: 5-6.

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Ankara Milli Kütüphane 873

Atatürk Kitaplığı 656

Atatürk Kitaplığı 1324

Süleymaniye Yazma Eserler Kütüphanesi 1509

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British Library 7175

Fatih Millet Kütüphanesi 946

Hacı Selim Ağa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 249

Konya Bölge Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 2715

Manisa Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi 1143

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 1711

Ankara Milli Kütüphane A3363

Ankara Milli Kütüphane 149

Physical Description

Number of folios

111 ff.

Columns

1

Ruled lines

17

History

Date of copy

20th. century