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A Hitherto Unknown Ghazal by Muhibbi and Şemsi’s Takhmis to This Ghazal
Abstract
In Ottoman literature, the poets’ divans do not include all of the poems written by the poets for various reasons. Miscellanies represent a significant repository of poems that are not included in the divan, as well as providing insights into poets who do not have a divan. It is possible to find unknown poems or poets in some archival documents, in addition to miscellanies. One of the aforementioned archival materials is registered in number TS.MA.e 324/27 at Ottoman Archives Topkapı Palace Museum, the Directorate of State Archives. The document includes 41 ghazals, 1 takhmis, 4 kit‘as and 1 couplet written by 8 poets. This document, containing 18 ghazals of Muhibbī and nazires written after his poems, has some parallels with the nazire miscellany compiled by Mehmed Izzī probably in the 16th century. There exist 13 nazires written by Bākī (d. 1600) to Muhibbī’s (d. 1566) poems in the document authenticating the miscellany compiled by Mehmed Izzī and including unknown poems of the poets such as Dāʻī (d. ?), Halīl (d. ?), and Şemsī (d. 1580). The document also includes a nazire competition reported by Gubārī (d. 1566). What makes the document relevant to this study is that it includes a poem not included in the Divan of Muhibbī (Suleiman the Magnificent) published by both Ak and, Yavuz and Yavuz, and a takhmis written on his poem by a poet under the pen name Şemsī. This paper examines whether the poem in question is by Muhibbī or not, and then elaborates on which Şemsī this takhmis might belong to. This paper, consequently, reveals that the poem is by Muhibbī and the one who wrote a takhmis on Muhibbī’s poem is the 16th century poet Isfendiyarzāde Ahmed Şemsī Pasha.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Classical Turkish Literature of Ottoman Field
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Hasan Kaplan
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0000-0003-1290-7219
Türkiye
Early Pub Date
November 16, 2024
Publication Date
November 17, 2024
Submission Date
August 24, 2024
Acceptance Date
October 14, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 11 Number: 31