Author
Taşköprî-zâde, Ahmed İsâmeddîn Ebülhayr Efendi (b. 901/1495-d.968/1561)
Publication Date
11/10/2021
Subject
Written Literature / Divan Literature - biographies of scholars and Sufis
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Library
Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID
es-saka-iku-n-nu-maniyye-fi-ulema-id-devleti-l-osmaniyye-taskopri-zade
Date
1557
Notes
The work written in Arabic by Taşköprîzâde İsâmeddin Ahmed Efendi (d. 1561) and telling the life stories of Ottoman scholars and Sufis. The work, which is the first compilation of general scholars' biographies within the Ottoman biography literature, was completed in 1557. It is known that the author compiled the work by having a student write it down based on the notes he had previously taken, as the author lost much of his vision as a result of an illness he suffered in 1554. The author cites the wide gap in the field of scholars' biographies as the reason for writing the book. The author said that he has been fond of ulema legends since his childhood and that he acquired a wide knowledge by memorizing their successful works; He stated that although the hagiographies of Arab and Iranian scholars were written, such a work had not been written about Ottoman scholars and that he wrote his book upon the request of one of the scholars. Mecdî Mehmed Efendi (d. 1590-91), one of the Şakâ'ik translators, used the phrase "Nu'mân" in the name of the work, and in the author's book, he wrote about the distinguished Hanafi scholars and sheikhs of the Ottoman Empire. He interpreted it as a reference to the imam of the Hanafi sect, Ebû Hanîfe Nu'man bin Thabit (d. 767), based on the fact that he collected his biography. The book was written according to the classical tradition of biography, which has developed as a unique type of biography in the history of Islamic science and thought. In the work, which includes people who lived from the foundation of the Ottoman Empire until the date of copyright, each sultan's period is discussed under the main heading of a "layer" and information is given about the ulama and sheikhs of the period. The author stated that he arranged his work according to the order of reign of the Ottoman sultans because he could not know the exact death dates of some scholars. In the text consisting of ten layers, short life stories of 521 scholars and sheikhs are told, in different numbers in different manuscripts. Although an attempt was made to take the dates of death as basis in the ranking, it seems that this is not followed everywhere. In the work, which mostly focuses on the activities of the people as a professor, judge, copyright, education, training and guidance, the state translations of the physicians of the period are also discussed. Among the people whose life stories are included are a few Sufis who lived outside the Ottoman geography, such as Ubeydullâh-ı Semerkandî (d. 1301), Mollâ Câmî (d. 1492), Muhammed Pârsâ (d. 1420), Yahyâ-yı Şirvânî (d. 1466). Although it is not common among the biographers of the classical period, the author also included his autobiography extensively at the end of his work. Şakâʾiku'n-Nuʿmâniyye, a few other biographies written before him (Sehî and Latîfi tezkires) and Sufi menâkıb (Tezkiretü'l-evliyâveNefehâtü'l-ünstercümesi). Apart from this, it can be said that he played a leading role in the beginning of the tradition of writing real biographies in Ottoman literature. Immediately after its publication, many copies of the work were produced, and there were people who made their living by copying this book every month. The work, which was translated into Turkish during the author's lifetime, constituted the first link of a chain of biography that would span centuries with its telhis, translations and addendums. The number of translations, telhis and addenda of the work, whose first telhis belongs to Mehmed Hâkî of Belgrade (d.?), whose first full translation belongs to Ahmed bin Dervîş (d. after 1564), and whose first addendum belongs to Âşık Çelebi (d. 1572), is around twenty. The existence of around 150 manuscript copies in libraries at home and abroad is another indicator of the demand for the work. It can be said that the main sources of Şakâʾiku'n-Nuʿmâniyye are Taşköprîzâde's own observations and impressions, what he heard from his relatives and teachers such as his father and uncle, and some official appointment lists. The large number of oral sources among its sources has caused confusion in the information in the work. While making use of Şakâʾiku'n-Nuʿmâniyye, which is used as a source by many respected historians and scholars, source criticism should definitely be applied and the information given should be compared with the records in other books.eş-Şakâʾiku'n-Nuʿmâniyye fî Ulemâ'id-Devleti'l-Osmâniyye, written in Arabic letters by Ibn It was published in Cairo in 1881-82, together with the supplement called el-Ikdu'l-Manzûma, in the margin of Hallikân's (d. 1282) Vefeyâtü'l-Aʿyân. It was translated into German with notes and corrections by Osman Reşer in 1927. It was also reprinted together with Beirut'tael-Ikdu'l-Manzûmile in 1975. It was scientifically published by Ahmed Subhi Furat, with Mecdi Mehmed's additions shown in the footnotes (Istanbul 1985). Based on this publication of Şakâʾik, Muharrem Tan translated the work into Turkish under the name Ottoman Scholars (Istanbul 2007). The critical text of the work's Arabic and its Turkish translation were made by Muhammet Hekimoğlu and published within the scope of the "Şakâ'ik-i Nuʻmaniyye Translation and Supplements Project" of the Turkish Manuscripts Institution (Istanbul 2019). For the author's biography, see. “Taşköprî-zâde, Ahmed İsâmeddin Ebülhayr Efendi”. Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN
978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı
Doç. Dr. Ramazan Ekinci
Alfabesi
Arap
Yapısı
Mensur
Niteliği
Telif
Kaynakça
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Hekimoğlu, Muhammet (hzl.).eş-Şakâ’iku’n-Nu‘mâniyye fî-Ulemâi’d-Devleti’l-Osmâniyye.İstanbul: Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu Başkanlığı Yay.
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Atıf Bilgileri
Ekinci, Ramazan. "EŞ-ŞAKÂ'İKU'N-NU'MÂNİYYE FÎ ‘ULEMÂ'İD-DEVLETİ'L-‘OSMÂNİYYE (TAŞKÖPRÎ-ZÂDE)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/es-saka-iku-n-nu-maniyye-fi-ulema-id-devleti-l-osmaniyye-taskopri-zade. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].
