Author
Ârif/Ârifî, Fethullah Çelebi (b. ?/? - d. 970/1562)
Publication Date
06/06/2022
Subject
Written Literature / Divan Literature - historical-heroic mesnevi
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Library
Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID
futuhat-i-cemile-arif-arifi
Date
?/?
Notes
Arifî's Persian work, which talks about the conquests of Temişvar, Peçi, Eğri, Catlak, Cinate, Solnok, Lipoye, Felanek, Bakuve, Batalk and other castles in Hungary in 959/1552. The author wrote his work in the masnavi style, with the following bahri saying "foul, foul, foul, foul" He wrote in meter. In this poetic work, which was probably written by imitating Firdevsî's Şâh-nâme, heroic deeds are described in an epic language. In the work where literary arts were used extensively, Arabic words were used less. The names of Sofia, Beretta, Ferenduş, Bosna, Engürüs, Rüstem, Rehş, Kâsım, Namçe, Belgrad, Serdar Mahmud, Budin, Tunca, Arda, Meriç, Yunşancık are mentioned in the work. This work, consisting of 1200 couplets, consists of 21 chapters. The sections in the work are as follows: Mehmed Pasha sending an army for war, Mehmed Pasha fighting the Pechi infidels, Mehmed Pasha fighting the Poshkrek infidels, Cinate Castle infidels begging for mercy, Malkoç and Ulama fighting the infidels, Mehmed Pasha's arrival at Lipove Castle, Papas sending an army to Lipove Castle, the infidels attacking Sekdin. and Ali Pasha's help, Sahibkıran's movement from Constantinople to Edirne, the Sultan being informed about the king's sending of an army to Transylvania, Ahmed Pasha's movement from Edirne to Temişvar with his army, the description of the Temişvar Fortress, the infidels firing Ahmed Pasha's horse, the people of Temişvar asking for mercy, the people of Temişvar asking for mercy for the second and third time and regretting it, Mehmed Pasha's war with the infidels and their taking shelter in the castle, the infidels breaking their promises and dying, the conquest of Temişvar and other castles, the conquest of Solnok Castle, the siege of Eğri Castle, the approach of winter and the return of the army (Ebrahimi 1991: 20-26). The only known copy of the work is in the Topkapı Palace Museum Library (nr. 1592). This copy was copied by a calligrapher named Ebû Turâb el-Hasani el-Hüseynî el-Hattat Hûbi-i Şîrâzî in 964/1558. There are seven miniatures in the work. A master's thesis was written on the work by Davut Ebrahimi (1991). For the biography of the poet, see. “Ârif/Ârifî, Fethullah Çelebi”. Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN
978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı
Doç. Dr. Çetin Kaska
Alfabesi
Arap
Yapısı
Manzum
Niteliği
Telif
Kaynakça
Çelik, Ahmet Faruk (2009).Fethullah Arifî Çelebî’nin Şâhnâme-i Âl-i Osman’ından Süleymannâme. Doktora Tezi. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi.
Ebrahimi, Davut (1991).Ârifî Fethullah Çelebi ve Fütûhât-i Cemîle'sinin Tenkidli Metni, Yüksek Lisans Tezi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi.
Yazıcı, Tahsin (1991). “Ârifî Fethullah Çelebi”.İslâm Ansiklopedisi. C.3. İstanbul: TDV Yay. 371-73.
Atıf Bilgileri
Kaska, Çetin. "FÜTÛHÂT-I CEMÎLE (ÂRİF/ÂRİFÎ)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/futuhat-i-cemile-arif-arifi. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].