Author
DOĞAN, Muhammed Osman, Ünal, İsmail Hakkı
Publication Place
Ankara University Faculty of Theology -
Ankara University Faculty of Theology
Subject
Ankara University Faculty of Theology journal, 2019-05, Vol.60 (1), p.81-110
Type
kitap
Language
ara,eng,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Leitir Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1301-0522, DOI: 10.33227/auifd.538951
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_29b174c4c7b54315910ce30ac32c34eb
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
This article is about the commentary of a poetic theological text written in Aleppo at the beginning of the last century of the Mamluk Turkish State. The verse text that is the subject of the commentary is ʿUḳūdu'l-ʿAḳāʾid fī by İmāmzāde el-Buḫārī (d.573/1177), which is the longest published Arabic belief poem of the Ḥanefī-Māturīdī theological tradition. It is a work of 770 couplets called Funūni'l-Fevāʾid. The said poem was written by Aḥmed b., a Hanafī scholar from Aleppo, in 823 (1420). Maḥmūd b. The commentary made by Suleymān (9th/15th century) under the title Şerḥu'l-Cevāhiri'l-Muḍīʾe; It has a special importance both in terms of giving very clear information about the murder of ʿImāduddīn an-Nesīmī (d.823/1420) and being the first text that mentions the Nesīmiyye branch of Ḥurūfism. The analysis of the commentary in question was carried out within the scope of a master's thesis without complying with scientific methods; As a result, both the poem and its commentary were attributed to other people. In this article, firstly, we tried to narrate our experiences in the process of identifying the authors of the main text and the commentary, then the content of the commentary was analyzed from a theological and political perspective, and finally, the basis of existence of the Nesīmiyya movement in the Mamluk geography and its projection in the commentary were discussed. This study deals with a kalam commentary text written in Aleppo dating from the beginning of the last century of the Mamluk Turkish State. The research has shown that the poem commented upon is Imāmzāda al-Bukhārī’s (d.573/1177) ʿUqūd al-ʿAqāʾid fī Funūn al-Fawāʾid, which consists of 770 couplets and is the lengthiest Arabic creed (ʿaqāʾid) poem in the Ḥanafī-Māturīdī tradition, and that the commentary entitled Sharḥ al-Jawāhir al-Muḍīʾa is written by an otherwise unknown Ḥanafī scholar Aḥmad b. Maḥmūd b. Sulaymān al-Ḥalabī (9th/15th century) in 823 (1420). Giving explicit first-hand information regarding circumstances of Nasīmī's (d.823/1420) death and being the first text to mention the Nasīmiyya branch of the Ḥurūfism, the text has special importance. The commentary has been edited as part of a Master's thesis, however, without taking into account the scientific methods of critical edition, and as a result, both the poem and the commentary were attributed by the editor to other people than their true authors. In the first part of this study, I tell the story of how I have identified the authors of both the text and the commentary. Then, I analyze the commentary in terms of Kalam and the politics of the time. Finally, I discuss the ground of existence of the Nasīmiyya movement in the Mamluk region and its reflection on the commentary.
Detaylı Başlık
Bir Şerhin Hikayesini Kovalarken Bir Hikayenin Şerhini Bulmak: Aḥmed b. Maḥmūd el-Ḥalebī’nin Şerḥu’l-Cevāhiri’l-Muḍīʾe’si ve Nesīmī’nin Öldürülüşüne Tanıklığı
