Author
Bayrak, Meral
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2757-6949, EISSN: 2757-6949, DOI: 10.14395/hid.1514998
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_11988310abce4e0dad357fb94c3eb526
Library Location
EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete
Notes
Enderun School, which has an important place in the Ottoman education system, was established with the aim of training qualified civil and military personnel for the state. This institution consisted of flats called rooms or wards where gradual education was given, and those with superior characteristics were taken here and subjected to special education. In Enderun, which is a kind of preparatory school, where those who are successful are screened after the education they received in Edirne, Galata, İbrahim Pasha and İskender Çelebi palaces, the education started in the Big and Small Rooms and ended in the highest ranked Has Oda. The education continued in seven levels and in the first two rooms, basic courses were given along with Turkish, Arabic and Persian, without specialization. Those who have successfully completed these stages are given the opportunity to develop their individual skills by being given the opportunity to practice in other rooms with theoretical courses due to their obligations to fulfill the duties of the room they are in. The inner boys, who also received art education according to their abilities, were also trained in various sports branches. As those who completed their training period in each chamber were deemed successful, they were promoted to higher levels, thus efforts were made to bring the best ones to a level that would serve the state. Since the Quran and books in the library of the Pantry Room, one of the rooms here, are the subject of the article, brief information about this room is given and the works, most of which are manuscripts, are introduced, and the other rooms are excluded from the study. The members of the Cellar Room, which is located on the fifth level of the Enderun School when listed from bottom to top, were assigned to meet all kinds of food and beverage needs of the sultan and the harem under the management of the chief cellarer, called serkilârî-i hâssa, and serving food to the sultan was given the responsibility of this ward. His duties also included providing candles for the palace rooms and masjids, and preparing linoleums such as bandages used for injuries. The inner boys, who received theoretical education along with these duties, completed courses similar to the education given in madrasahs and tried to be successful by reading books on religious sciences, ethics, grammar, literature and history. Information about the books found in the ward was found in a notebook belonging to the Topkapı Palace Museum Archive in the Ottoman Archives of the Presidential State Archives, and these data, which provide information about the theoretical education there, have been tried to be explained within the scope of the article. The notebook in question was kept by a foundation established by Süleyman Ağa, the Kethüda of the Pantry at the time, in Evâsıt-ı Muharrem 1154/29 March - 7 April 1741, in order to preserve the Qur'ans and some of the books in the room's library, in order to preserve them, and the books in the library were recorded with all their features. In the notebook, which was prepared with the aim of determining the current situation at the time when the foundation was established and controlling the books based on these records in the following period, first the Mushafs, from largest to the smallest according to their sizes, then parts of the Holy Quran, En'ams and prayers, then books of tafsir, hadith, fiqh, aqaid, mysticism and logic, as well as works on Arabic grammar and other books on various subjects were written. The calligraphy types of these manuscripts, most of which are in the category of rare works, the number of lines on the pages and the illumination features of the Holy Quran are recorded separately, and if they are donated, who donated them is specifically stated. Books that were previously in the library but were lost were also noted, and efforts were made to preserve the books through the hafız-ı kütüb, who was appointed by the foundation established to prevent further losses. The data in the notebook enabled this article to be written. Thus, it was aimed to know the manuscripts and illuminated Qur'ans, which are thought to have similar ones in other rooms of the Enderun School, and the books on various subjects, most of which are manuscripts, and therefore to learn which works were taught to the inner boys during their education.
Görüntüle
Hitit İlahiyat Dergisi, 2024-12, Vol.23 (2), p.685-725
