Prince with Daddy Issues Seeks Sisterly Support: Two Ego Documents Penned by Şehzade Korkud

Öz

Following a brief analysis of self-narrative writing among Ottoman royals towards the turn of the sixteenth century, this article argues for consideration of “collective biography” as a methodological approach before presenting two “ego-documents” by one of those royals. Şehzade Korkud (d. 1513), who left behind several small samples of self-narrative, also wrote two clear examples of ego-documents, a treatise to his father Bayezid II (d. 1512) defending his decision to go on the ḥajj, and a fearful letter to his sister Sofu Fatma (fl. 1512) seeking political guidance in the midst of a politically tense succession struggle. The treatise, Wasīlat al-aḥbāb, is summarized and analyzed here, while the letter is transliterated and translated in full.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Şehzade Korkud
• Hajj
• Bayezid II
• Ottoman History
• Sofu Fatma
• Ego- Documents
• Self-Narrative
• Selbstzeugnis.

Kaynakça

1. Korkud, Da‘wat al-nafs al-ṭāliḥa, Süleymaniye, MS Aya Sofya 1763. Korkud, Da‘wat al-nafs al-taliha, MS Gökbilgin, 423. Korkud, Ḥall ishkāl al-afkār, Süleymaniye, MS Aya Sofya 1142. Korkud, Ḥāfiẓ al-insān, Süleymaniye, MS Aya Sofya 2289. Korkud, Wasīlat al-aḥ bāb, Süleymaniye, MS Aya Sofya 3529. Korkud, Divan, Millet Ktp. MS Manzum 104.