FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)

Name: FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)
Author: Gülşehrî (b. ? - d. 717/after 1317-18 ?)

Title	FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)
Author	Gülşehrî (b. ? - d. 717/after 1317-18 ?)
Publication Date:	02/10/2022
Subject	Written Literature / Divan Literature - allegorical masnavi
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Library:	Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works
Record ID	felek-name-gulsehri
Date	701/1301-1302
Notes	Persian masnavi of Gülşehrî, one of the leading Sufi poets of the 14th century. Gülşehrî completed Felek-nâme in 701/1301-02 to dedicate it to the Mongol khan Gazan Khan (d. 703/1304). It is not known whether this presentation took place or not. The only known copy of Felek-nâme is in Ankara Provincial Public Library, no. The copy recorded in 817 was copied in 843/1439. It should be noted as a note about this copy that the part after the phrase "Kitâb-ı Felek-nâme li'ş-Şeyh...", at the beginning of which Gülşehrî's real name is probably written, was deliberately blacked out and the ink was scattered. It is composed of approximately 4600 couplets written in the aruz "fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilün" pattern. The main theme of the work is the eternal question of the human world: "Where did we come from, where are we going?" is the search for an answer to the question. Gülşehrî tries to find answers to these questions within the astronomy knowledge of his time. He likens each layer of the sky, which he calls "the heavens", to a "city". Although Gülşehrî is a Sufi, he preferred reason rather than love in Felek-nâme like other Sufis. The main theme of Felek-nâme is "the adventure of the soul". The human being who has been thrown into this world, like all beings that have undergone change, is searching for his origin, which he predicts he will never return to. Man realizes his helplessness in the face of everything and the supreme being who created him above himself, that is, God (Kocatürk 1982: 46-48). The work begins with the order of tawhid, naat, munacat, like classical Eastern masnavis. Then, we move on to the section titled "Favorability". At the beginning of this section there is a praise for Gazan Khan. Gülşehrî makes each sphere a city and makes them talk. Gülşehrî, who is of the opinion that man's soul is in the sublime world and his body is in the inferior world, focuses on man's struggle and struggle between these two worlds. It makes these two worlds talk. In this respect, it is possible to describe Felek-nâme as the first example of allegorical literature and debate genre written in Anatolia, even though it was not written in Turkish language. The poet occasionally includes representations from animal stories among his narratives. Man has duties and responsibilities before the universe and God. It is emphasized that man can achieve finding the way to the eternal God through righteousness, worship and asceticism by using the will and knowledge given to him. Moral issues such as the unnecessaryness of accumulating wealth and similar ambitions and the value of generosity have been voiced by the people of the sublime world. While the idea that death is a material issue and that the deceased is only the body and the soul (soul) is eternal is explained, the anâsır-ı erbaa (fire, air, water, soil) and the ahlât-ı erbaa (blood, bile, love, phlegm) that make up the human body are mentioned. Gülşehrî, who said that the pleasures obtained through the five senses are temporary and those obtained through the mind are permanent, stated at the end of his work that it is necessary to give up both life and flesh in order to reach God (Kocatürk 1982: 58-65). In his work, the poet benefited from many sciences such as cosmography, science of physics, chemistry, music, nature, fiqh, philosophy and geometry, and used their terms. He has also created a rich encyclopedic corpus using According to the many verses and verse references he made, it can be said that the main source of the work is the Quran. Mevlânâ's (d. 672/1273) Mesnevi is one of the important sources of Felek-nâme (Kocatürk 1982: 43). According to Sadettin Kocatürk, who translated the work into Turkish, Gülşehrî in this work draws on Mevlânâ, Senâ'î (d. 536/1131), Attâr (d. 590/1193), Nizâmî (d. 611/1214), Sa'dî (d. 692/1292) and Sultan Veled (d. 712/1312) and made occasional quotations (1982: 71, 76). Felek-nâme also contains significant information about its author, about whom our knowledge is very limited. In his work, Gülşehrî also stated that he traveled to many places, met many people whose books he read there, and that he never left the city he lived in - most likely Kırşehir - in the last twenty years of his life, and that he received great love and respect from statesmen during this time (Köksal 2016: 13). Felek-nâme was translated into Turkish and published by Sadettin Kocatürk (1982, 1984, 2000).For the poet's biography, see. “Gülşehrî”.Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.
ISBN	978-9944-237-87-1
Madde Yazarı	Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Köksal
Alfabesi	Arap
Yapısı	Manzum
Niteliği	Telif
Kaynakça	Kocatürk, Sadettin (1982).Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yay. Kocatürk, Sadettin (1984).Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: KTB Yay. Kocatürk, Sadettin (2000),Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: KTB Yay. Köksal, M. Fatih (2016). “Gülşehrî Hakkında Notlar”.Tullis Journal /Turkic Language And Literature Surveys, (1): 10-36.
Atıf Bilgileri	Köksal, Mehmet Fatih. "FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/felek-name-gulsehri. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].

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FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)

Author Gülşehrî (b. ? - d. 717/after 1317-18 ?)

Publication Date 02/10/2022

Subject Written Literature / Divan Literature - allegorical masnavi

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript No

Library Dictionary of Turkish Literature Works

Record ID felek-name-gulsehri

Date 701/1301-1302

Notes Persian masnavi of Gülşehrî, one of the leading Sufi poets of the 14th century. Gülşehrî completed Felek-nâme in 701/1301-02 to dedicate it to the Mongol khan Gazan Khan (d. 703/1304). It is not known whether this presentation took place or not. The only known copy of Felek-nâme is in Ankara Provincial Public Library, no. The copy recorded in 817 was copied in 843/1439. It should be noted as a note about this copy that the part after the phrase "Kitâb-ı Felek-nâme li'ş-Şeyh...", at the beginning of which Gülşehrî's real name is probably written, was deliberately blacked out and the ink was scattered. It is composed of approximately 4600 couplets written in the aruz "fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilâtün fâ'ilün" pattern. The main theme of the work is the eternal question of the human world: "Where did we come from, where are we going?" is the search for an answer to the question. Gülşehrî tries to find answers to these questions within the astronomy knowledge of his time. He likens each layer of the sky, which he calls "the heavens", to a "city". Although Gülşehrî is a Sufi, he preferred reason rather than love in Felek-nâme like other Sufis. The main theme of Felek-nâme is "the adventure of the soul". The human being who has been thrown into this world, like all beings that have undergone change, is searching for his origin, which he predicts he will never return to. Man realizes his helplessness in the face of everything and the supreme being who created him above himself, that is, God (Kocatürk 1982: 46-48). The work begins with the order of tawhid, naat, munacat, like classical Eastern masnavis. Then, we move on to the section titled "Favorability". At the beginning of this section there is a praise for Gazan Khan. Gülşehrî makes each sphere a city and makes them talk. Gülşehrî, who is of the opinion that man's soul is in the sublime world and his body is in the inferior world, focuses on man's struggle and struggle between these two worlds. It makes these two worlds talk. In this respect, it is possible to describe Felek-nâme as the first example of allegorical literature and debate genre written in Anatolia, even though it was not written in Turkish language. The poet occasionally includes representations from animal stories among his narratives. Man has duties and responsibilities before the universe and God. It is emphasized that man can achieve finding the way to the eternal God through righteousness, worship and asceticism by using the will and knowledge given to him. Moral issues such as the unnecessaryness of accumulating wealth and similar ambitions and the value of generosity have been voiced by the people of the sublime world. While the idea that death is a material issue and that the deceased is only the body and the soul (soul) is eternal is explained, the anâsır-ı erbaa (fire, air, water, soil) and the ahlât-ı erbaa (blood, bile, love, phlegm) that make up the human body are mentioned. Gülşehrî, who said that the pleasures obtained through the five senses are temporary and those obtained through the mind are permanent, stated at the end of his work that it is necessary to give up both life and flesh in order to reach God (Kocatürk 1982: 58-65). In his work, the poet benefited from many sciences such as cosmography, science of physics, chemistry, music, nature, fiqh, philosophy and geometry, and used their terms. He has also created a rich encyclopedic corpus using According to the many verses and verse references he made, it can be said that the main source of the work is the Quran. Mevlânâ's (d. 672/1273) Mesnevi is one of the important sources of Felek-nâme (Kocatürk 1982: 43). According to Sadettin Kocatürk, who translated the work into Turkish, Gülşehrî in this work draws on Mevlânâ, Senâ'î (d. 536/1131), Attâr (d. 590/1193), Nizâmî (d. 611/1214), Sa'dî (d. 692/1292) and Sultan Veled (d. 712/1312) and made occasional quotations (1982: 71, 76). Felek-nâme also contains significant information about its author, about whom our knowledge is very limited. In his work, Gülşehrî also stated that he traveled to many places, met many people whose books he read there, and that he never left the city he lived in - most likely Kırşehir - in the last twenty years of his life, and that he received great love and respect from statesmen during this time (Köksal 2016: 13). Felek-nâme was translated into Turkish and published by Sadettin Kocatürk (1982, 1984, 2000).For the poet's biography, see. “Gülşehrî”.Turkish Literature Names Dictionary.

ISBN 978-9944-237-87-1

Madde Yazarı Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Köksal

Alfabesi Arap

Yapısı Manzum

Niteliği Telif

Kaynakça Kocatürk, Sadettin (1982).Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yay. Kocatürk, Sadettin (1984).Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: KTB Yay. Kocatürk, Sadettin (2000),Gülşehrî ve Felek-nâme. Ankara: KTB Yay. Köksal, M. Fatih (2016). “Gülşehrî Hakkında Notlar”.Tullis Journal /Turkic Language And Literature Surveys, (1): 10-36.

Atıf Bilgileri Köksal, Mehmet Fatih. "FELEK-NÂME (GÜLŞEHRÎ)".Türk Edebiyatı Eserler Sözlüğü,http://tees.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/felek-name-gulsehri. [Erişim Tarihi: 25 Ağustos 2025].