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London

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British Library

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St. Pancras

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Oriental Manuscripts

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Add. 19451

Contents

Hüsrev ve Şirin (Şeyhı̂, ca. 1373-ca. 1422)

Author

Şeyhı̂, ca. 1373-ca. 1422

شيخي

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Şeyhî Yûsuf Sinân Germiyânî, ca. 1373-ca. 1422

Şeyhı̂, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (authorised)

Germiyani, Yûsuf Sinan, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Şeyhı̂, ca. 1373-ca. 1422 (variant)

Sinaneddin, Yusuf, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yusuf Sinan, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yûsuf Sinan Germiyani, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

Yusuf Sinaneddin, approximately 1373-approximately 1422 (variant)

شيخي (variant)

Biographical notes

An Anatolian poet and physician, Şeyḫī was born in Kütahya, the capital of Germiyan (Turkey) region. One of his tutors was Aḥmedī, a famous Ottoman poet of the late 14th and 15th century [1350-1499 CE], during his youth. He went to Iran and majored in literature, Islamic mysticism and medicine. After his return to Kütahya, he joined in the court of Germiyan ruler Yākub II and he practiced as the court ophthalmologist. He got in touch with the Ottomans in the time of Emīr Süleymān Chelebi, and got the title reīs-i eṭıbbā (head of physicians) of the Ottomans when he cured Mehmed I. He is famous for his masnawis (e.g. Ḫüsrev ü Şîrîn and Ḫarnâme) and accepted as one of the founders of Ottoman literature. He was called as hüsrev-i şuarā, pīşterīn-i şuarā-yı Rūm or şeyhü’ş-şuarā (all means “head of poets”) in the sources. His tomb is in Dumlupınar, Kütahya.

Title

Hüsrev ve Şirin

خسرو و شيرين

Notes

The Hüsrev ve Şirin, freely translated from the Persian of Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3, in the same metre, by Şeyhı̂, ca. 1373-ca. 1422.

Şeyhı̂'s Hüsrev ve Şirin is the first of the romantic poems of Turkey, and has not been equalled. It is dedicated to Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451, whose praises are sung at length in the prologue. The poem was left unfinished by the author at his death; and the conclusion was written by Jemāli, his brother, or his sister's son

An imperfect copy of the poem, containing three detached fragments, f. 9 and f. 10. The latter part of the section relating to the meeting of Hüsrev and Şirin in the hunting field, and corresponding to ff. 104r-106r, of (Uk_add_7906, pp. Add. 7906)

Main language of text

Ottoman Turkish

Bibliography

Studies

Timurtaş, Faruk Kadri. Şeyhî ve Husrev ü Şîrin'i: inceleme-metin. Istanbul.: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, 1980.

Catalogue

Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1888, 166-167.

Show filiations

British Library Add. 7906

British Library Or. 2708

British Library Or. 3294

Physical Description

Number of folios

93 ff

Dimensions of folio

width 10.2cm, height 17.8cm

Columns

2

Ruled lines

17

Decoration

Red-ruled margins

Hand

Copyist: Mehmet b. Hacı Pîr Ahmed, 15th centuryمحمد بن حاجی پیر احمد

History

Date of copy

15th. century