MEHMED MİHRÎ EFENDİ’NİN SULTÂN ABDULHAMÎD’İN CÜLÛSUNA YAZDIĞI ŞİİRLER

The most influential figure among the ruled sultans during the last period of the Ottoman State was, of course, Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Being at the head of state in a turbulent period when the external and internal interventions were most intense, he was criticized or appreciated by many scholars during the thirty-three years of his administration, in the politics, bureaucracy, culture, arts and literature. Especially in the press and literature circles, the existence of its supporters is known as much as its opposition. One of those who appreciated Sultan Abdulhamid was Kerkuklu Mehmed Mihri Efendi, who was one of the important philosophers and artists of the time. The subject of this study is the poems of Mehmed Mihri Efendi on Sultan Abdulhamid II’s accession to the throne. Mehmed Mihri Efendi wrote four poems about Sultan Abdul Hamid’s ascending the throne in the year 1293/1876 which was published in the same year with the name of Cülûs-nâme-i Sultân Abdulhamîd Hân-ı Sânî. The manuscript contains of three historical poems and one ode describing the girding sword ceremony. The ode and one of the historical poems is written in Persian. This study deals with the historical and literary value bearing document primarily in terms of verse type and form, then the subjects that it contains are presented to the attention of academy.