Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451

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Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451
Biographical notes
Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451, the son of Yazıcı Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, a clerk employed in the Ottoman government, and older brother of Ahmet Bican, active 15th century, lived during the reign of Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451. Born in a village outside of Malkara (Tekirdağ, Turkey), he later settled in Gelibolu (Turkey) where he composed his works and spent the rest of his life. Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed was a disciple of Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 the founder of the Bayramiyye order.
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  • Mehmet Yazıcıoğlu, -1451
  • Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed, d. 1451
  • Yazıcıoğlu, Mehmet, -1451
  • Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, d. 1451
  • Yazıcıoğlu Muhammed, -1451
  • يازيجي اوغلو محمد
Manuscripts by this author
Maghārib al-zamān
The Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب الزمان ) treats the birth and life of Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 and events up to the deaths of Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, d. 670 and Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680. Prefaced by a description of Creation, the final section covers the end of the world and Judgment Day. The original Arabic work was superseded by its Turkish verse translation, the Muḥammedīye (محمديه), likewise composed by Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451.
Muḥammedīye
The Muḥammedīye (محمديه) is a Turkish verse translation of the author's Arabic Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب الزمان). Prefaced by a chapter on Creation, the work treats the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad and life and events up to the deaths of Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī, d. 670 and Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī, -680. The third section covers the end of the world and Judgment Day. Consisting of more than 8700 couplets, the Muḥammedīye (محمديه) was completed in Jumādá al-ākhir 853 in Gelibolu (Turkey). The author states that he wrote the third section after having a dream in which both the Prophet Muḥammad and Hacı Bayram Veli, -1429 appeared. Show more
Composed for the edification for a popular audience, this work was often recited in public performances during the Ottoman period.
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