Author
Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Muhammed Celâleddîn, Hudâvendigâr (b. 06 Rebîülevvel 604/30.09.1207 - d. 05 Cemâziyelâhir 672 /17.12.1273)
Publication Date
23/05/2022
Subject
Divan-Tekke Literature - prose texts
Type
Other
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Library
Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID
mektubat-mevlana
Date
13th century
Notes
The work consists of letters written by Mevlânâ (Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Muhammed Celâleddîn, Hudâvendigâr) on occasions such as advice, advice, suggestions and answers. Since there is no date on Mevlana's letters, it is not possible to follow these letters chronologically. It is not clear on what basis the letters were put in order. 4 of the letters in the work are in Arabic and 146 are in Persian. The number of Mevlana's letters is 147 in the Feridun Nafiz Uzluk and Yûsuf Cemşîd Pur-i Gulâm Hüseyn Emîn editions, and 150 in the Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı translation. According to Gölpınarlı's translation, the addressee of 36 of these letters is unknown. It is possible to classify the 114 letters, whose addressees are known, as follows: 1. Letters Written to the Ruler and State Officials: Nine letters to the ruler of the period, II. Two letters to Izzeddin Keykavus II. Gıyâseddîn Keyhüsrev's wife Gürcü Hatun, twenty-five letters to Mu'îneddîn Pervâne, two letters to Beylerbeyi Alemeddîn Kayser, one letter to Melik es-Sevâhil Bahâeddîn, one of the statesmen, two letters to Emir Müstevfî Celâleddîn, the finance vizier of the period, three letters to The letter is addressed to Celâleddîn Karatayî, one of the statesmen, sixteen letters are addressed to Sâhib Ata Fahreddîn Alî, who served as the courthouse vizier and the sultanate regent, and two letters are addressed to II. Seven letters to Kadı İzzeddîn, who was appointed as vizier by İzzeddîn Keykâvus, one letter to Atabek Mecdeddîn, the son-in-law of Mu'îneddîn Pervâne, who rose to the position of grand vizier, and one letter to II. Two letters to Emir Mühezzebeddîn, the son of Mu'îneddîn Pervâne, who served as vizier and regent during the time of Gıyâseddîn Keyhüsrev. IV. There are a total of 83 letters: Cacaoğlu, who was the governor of Kırşehir during the time of Rükneddîn Kılıçarslan, to Emîr Nureddîn, one letter to Emir Seyfeddîn, one letter to the beylerbey Şemseddîn Yavtaş, nine letters to Tâceddîn Mu'tez, one of the statesmen.2. Letters Written to Family Members: There are a total of 7 letters: three letters to his son Alâeddîn Çelebi, one letter to his younger son Âlim Çelebi, two letters to his elder son Sultân Veled, and one letter to Fatma Hatun, the daughter of Jeweler Selâhaddîn and his elder daughter-in-law.3. Letters Written to Caliphs, Disciples, Friends and Acquaintances: Three letters to his disciple and caliph Hüsâmeddîn Çelebi, two letters to Cemâleddîn, who is thought to be a professor, three letters to Ekmeleddîn Mikâil, one letter to Hacı Emîr, who is thought to be one of Mevlana's friends, three letters to Ahî Gevhertaş, one of the prominent figures of the period, two letters. There are a total of 24 letters: one letter to Kadı Kemâleddîn, five letters to Kadı Sirâceddîn, one of the well-known scholars of the period, two letters to a person named Şemseddîn, two letters to a person named Şucâeddîn, and one letter to Kadı Tâceddîn. The person to whom Mevlana wrote the most letters is Mu'îneddîn Pervâne, with 25 letters. Sahib Ata Fahreddin Ali wrote him with 16 letters and the ruler of the period II with 9 letters. Izzeddin Keykavus watches. Gölpınarlı evaluates the character traits that appear in Mevlana's letters as follows: "In the letters, we see Mevlana's real greatness towards the elders, his superior self-esteem, at the same time his shy temper, his receptiveness, his inability to stand face to face, and finally his deep love and devotion towards people and the poor, and the humane tolerance he showed towards the flawed; in short, Mevlana with all his aspects, "We see Mevlana's Mevlana status." (Gölpınarlı 1963: VIII). Although simple folk Persian is used in the letters, their contents have a literary and artistic flavor similar to their assemblies. The texts include verses and hadiths appropriate to the subject, couplets from poets such as Senâyî, Attâr, Mütenebbî, Ebulalâ, sayings and legends of well-known saints and various stories. The letters, in which Mevlana does not have any requests of his own, were written in a style that is free from the burden of construction and the weight of authority and position. In these letters, a sincere heart struggling for the troubles of others, a strong expression that convinces the addressee, a dignified and independent attitude away from promises, expectations and any kind of self-interest, and a strong faith accompanying these draw attention as the most obvious stylistic features. There are also Turkish words and phrases in the letters, albeit sporadically, such as "uluğ, kutluğ, alp, uğurlu, belief in your waist and tongue". (Gölpınarlı 1963: The Persian text of the work, corrected by Ahmed Remzi Akyürek, was published by Feridun Nafiz Uzluk in 1937. Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Mevlana Museum Library, no. He translated the text of the work he founded into Turkish, based on the 79th copy and comparing 6 copies (1963). For Nâsir's biography, see. “Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Muhammed Celâleddîn, Hudâvendigâr”.Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN
978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı
Prof. Dr. Ziya AVŞAR
Alfabesi
Arap
Yapısı
Mensur
Niteliği
Telif
Kaynakça
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Tevfîk Sübhânî (1371).Mektûbât-ı Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî. Tahrân: Merkez-i Neşr-i Dânişgâhî.
Uzluk, Feridun Nafiz (1937).Mevlânânın Mektupları. İstanbul: Sebat Basımevi.
Yaltkaya, Şerefeddin (1939). "Tahlil ve Tenkidler".Türkiyat Mecmuası, VI (1936-1939): 323-345.
Yûsuf Cemşîd Pur-i Gulâm Hüseyn Emîn (1335).Mevlânâ Celâleddin, Mektûbât. Tahrân.
Atıf Bilgileri
AVŞAR, Ziya. "[MEKTÛBÂT] (MEVLÂNÂ)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/mektubat-mevlana. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].
