Seyyid Lokman’s Manzume Concerning the Opening of the Gazanfer Agha Madrasa and the Appointment of Seyfizade Ahmed Efendi as Instructor: A New Manuscript Copy and Text

Name: Seyyid Lokman’s Manzume Concerning the Opening of the Gazanfer Agha Madrasa and the Appointment of Seyfizade Ahmed Efendi as Instructor: A New Manuscript Copy and Text
Author: Günhan Börekçi, Uğur Öztürk

Title	Seyyid Lokman’s Manzume Concerning the Opening of the Gazanfer Agha Madrasa and the Appointment of Seyfizade Ahmed Efendi as Instructor: A New Manuscript Copy and Text
Author	Günhan Börekçi, Uğur Öztürk
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2023.1208691
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2228c608abf74b52bf6353c9a1038cc9
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	This article examines the newly found manuscript copy of a manzume (poetic composition) by Seyyid Lokman written on the occasion of the opening of a madrasa in Istanbul by Kapu Ağası Gazanfer Agha (d. 1603), a prominent political figure in 16th-century Ottoman history. Lokman’s work was first introduced to the scholarly community by Müserret Diriöz in 1978. Since then, this work has been utilized by numerous researchers in reference to Diriöz’s studies which were based on a single copy, but it has neither been subject to any other individual study, nor published in full transcription. Lokman’s composition is rich in content. In his work, there are several details which are not found in other contemporary sources, especially regarding the personality and architectural sponsorship of Gazanfer Agha; his relations with the sultan of the time, Murad III (r. 1574-1595), as well as the statesmen and ulama of that era; the appointment of Seyfîzâde Ahmed Efendi as the first instructor to his madrasa, which was opened immediately following the long Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590; and the first lectures delievered in the new madrasa and the ceremonies and feasts organized upon this appointment. The chief goal of this article is to reevaluate this important historical source based on its second copy and provide a full transcription. Accordingly, we have compared the Süleymaniye Library Ayasofya 4787/1 copy utilized by Diriöz, and the Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi Esad Efendi 3376 copy which we have identified as the second copy. The result of this comparision reveals that the Esad Efendi copy differs in certain respects from the Ayasofya copy, most importantly in that it includes the full text of Lokman’s work. In the remaining parts of our article, we give a summary of this work based on its second copy, and provide the text’s transcription in Latin alphabet as an addendum.
Görüntüle	İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2023-03, Vol.13 (1), p.1-62

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Seyyid Lokman’s Manzume Concerning the Opening of the Gazanfer Agha Madrasa and the Appointment of Seyfizade Ahmed Efendi as Instructor: A New Manuscript Copy and Text

Author Günhan Börekçi, Uğur Öztürk

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2023.1208691

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2228c608abf74b52bf6353c9a1038cc9

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes This article examines the newly found manuscript copy of a manzume (poetic composition) by Seyyid Lokman written on the occasion of the opening of a madrasa in Istanbul by Kapu Ağası Gazanfer Agha (d. 1603), a prominent political figure in 16th-century Ottoman history. Lokman’s work was first introduced to the scholarly community by Müserret Diriöz in 1978. Since then, this work has been utilized by numerous researchers in reference to Diriöz’s studies which were based on a single copy, but it has neither been subject to any other individual study, nor published in full transcription. Lokman’s composition is rich in content. In his work, there are several details which are not found in other contemporary sources, especially regarding the personality and architectural sponsorship of Gazanfer Agha; his relations with the sultan of the time, Murad III (r. 1574-1595), as well as the statesmen and ulama of that era; the appointment of Seyfîzâde Ahmed Efendi as the first instructor to his madrasa, which was opened immediately following the long Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590; and the first lectures delievered in the new madrasa and the ceremonies and feasts organized upon this appointment. The chief goal of this article is to reevaluate this important historical source based on its second copy and provide a full transcription. Accordingly, we have compared the Süleymaniye Library Ayasofya 4787/1 copy utilized by Diriöz, and the Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi Esad Efendi 3376 copy which we have identified as the second copy. The result of this comparision reveals that the Esad Efendi copy differs in certain respects from the Ayasofya copy, most importantly in that it includes the full text of Lokman’s work. In the remaining parts of our article, we give a summary of this work based on its second copy, and provide the text’s transcription in Latin alphabet as an addendum.

Görüntüle İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2023-03, Vol.13 (1), p.1-62