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Dīvān (Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad, 1345- c.1398)

Author

Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad, 1345- c.1398

قاضي برهان الدین احمد

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Kadi Burhaneddin, 1344-1398

قاضي برهان الدين

Biographical notes

Burhaneddin was born into a scholarly family in Kayseri; on his mother’s side he claimed kinship to the Seljuk dynasty. After studying in Syria and Egypt he returned to Anatolia in 1365 [1365 CE], entering the service of the ruler of Kayseri, the Eretnid Mehmet Beg, and was in 780 AH [1378 CE]appointed vizier toMehmet Beg’s successor Alaeddin Ali Beg. In 783 AH [1381 CE], he proclaimed himself ruler, with Sivas as his capital. His rule was spent in frequent wars with the Ottomans and Timur, 1336-1405 , during which time he also pursued his literary activities and composed the two Arabic prose works which have come done to us. We are uniquely well informed about his rule owing to the detailed panegyric biography by his courtier ‘Aziz b. Ardashir Astarabadi . However, he is best known as one of the earliest Turkish poets to try to emulate the Persian ghazal, even if his Dīvān evidently had a limited circulation.

Title

Dīvān

دیوان

Notes

Although Burhaneddin’s Turkish Dīvān survives today in a single manuscript, it is one of the most famous works of early Turkish literature, representing an attempt to emulate classical Persian forms. Some poems also show Eastern Turkish dialect features

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Editions

Alpaslan, Ali. Kadı Burhaneddin Divanı’ndan Seçmeler. Ankara: 1977.

Qāḍī Burhān al-Dīn, . Kadı Burhaneddin Divanı. Edited by Ergin, Muharrem. Istanbul: 1980.

Studies

Apaydın, H. Yunus. "Kadı Burhaneddin’in Tercihu’t-Tavzih adlı Eseri." Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 6 1996: 33-45.

Astarābādī, ‘Aziz b. Ardashir. Bazm u Razm. Edited by Rifat, Kilisli Muallim. Istanbul: 1928.

Baktır, Mustafa. "Kadı Burhaneddin Ahmed’in ilmi ve hukuki yönü." In XIII ve XIV yüzyıllarda Kayseri’de Bilim ve Din Sempozyumu. Kayseri: Kayseri Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kültür Müdürlüğü, 1996, 143-52.

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Yücel, Yaşar. Kadi Burhaneddin Ahmed ve devleti: (1344-1398). Ankara,: 1970.

Özaydın, Abdülkerim and Hatice Tören. "Kadı Burhaneddin." TDVİA. XXI 2001: 74-7.

Physical Description

Hand

Copyist:Khalil b. Ahmad, fl. 1393-4

History

Date of copy

14th. century