The Problem of Describing the Books Called Munteha by the Yazidjizade Brothers

Name: The Problem of Describing the Books Called Munteha by the Yazidjizade Brothers
Author: Mehmet Bilal Yamak, Tuba Bozbey

İsim	The Problem of Describing the Books Called Munteha by the Yazidjizade Brothers
Yazar	Mehmet Bilal Yamak, Tuba Bozbey
Tür	Kitap
Dil	ara,eng
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2021.972867
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d027e0e7dbee40718688009c463909d8
Lokasyon	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notlar	Yazidjioghlu Muhammed Efendi (d. 855/1451) and Ahmad Bidjan (d. 870/ after 1466) are two representative names in Ottoman Sufism history. Their written works were read and commented on literally and even translated into other languages both in and out of the Ottoman Empire. The Yazidjioghlu brothers, at the same time, were the disciples and successors of Hadji Bayram Velî. The brothers wrote many books; however, Muhammed Efendi’s verse Muhammadiyyah and Ahmad Bidjan’s prose Anwâr al-Âshiqîn were accepted as the two books that were mostly read by the scholars, follewers of sufism and the wider public. Muhammed Efendi wrote a commentary on the Fusus al-Hikam of Ibn Arabi whereas Ahmad Bidjan wrote two but the differences between these books were not specified thoroughly. Without these studies, it would be hard to follow the course of Sufistic views of the Yazidjioghlu brothers and understand their style and comprehend the reasons for their influence on the Ottoman Empire for such a long time. Yazidjizade Muhammed Efendi wrote a commentary on Fusus al-Hikam entitled al-Muntehâ ala al-Fusus, which was translated into Turkish by his brother, Ahmad Bidjan, with the title Kitab alMunteha ala al-Fusus in 1453; in addition, Bidjan wrote another book with the same title in 1465. These two books have the significance of being the first Turkish commentary on Ibn Arabi’s famous book published in Anatolia. However, while discussing these books, some sources have regarded them as a taliqat/annotation of the work of Cendi. In this study, this judgment will be corrected, and the reasoning will be explicated by describing the Yazidjizade brothers’ aforementioned works. Another distinctive feature of Ahmad Bidjan’s second commentary on Fusûs al-Hikam is that it contains full commentaries and meanings of some verses of the Qur’an. An excerpt from this work that is of the utmost importance to the history of Sufism, especially to the Ottoman period of it, and to the histories of tafseer and Turkish literature will be published here for the first time.
Görüntüle	İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2021-10, Vol.11 (2), p.639-674

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The Problem of Describing the Books Called Munteha by the Yazidjizade Brothers

Yazar Mehmet Bilal Yamak, Tuba Bozbey

Tür Kitap

Dil ara,eng

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2021.972867

Kayıt Numarası cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d027e0e7dbee40718688009c463909d8

Lokasyon DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notlar Yazidjioghlu Muhammed Efendi (d. 855/1451) and Ahmad Bidjan (d. 870/ after 1466) are two representative names in Ottoman Sufism history. Their written works were read and commented on literally and even translated into other languages both in and out of the Ottoman Empire. The Yazidjioghlu brothers, at the same time, were the disciples and successors of Hadji Bayram Velî. The brothers wrote many books; however, Muhammed Efendi’s verse Muhammadiyyah and Ahmad Bidjan’s prose Anwâr al-Âshiqîn were accepted as the two books that were mostly read by the scholars, follewers of sufism and the wider public. Muhammed Efendi wrote a commentary on the Fusus al-Hikam of Ibn Arabi whereas Ahmad Bidjan wrote two but the differences between these books were not specified thoroughly. Without these studies, it would be hard to follow the course of Sufistic views of the Yazidjioghlu brothers and understand their style and comprehend the reasons for their influence on the Ottoman Empire for such a long time. Yazidjizade Muhammed Efendi wrote a commentary on Fusus al-Hikam entitled al-Muntehâ ala al-Fusus, which was translated into Turkish by his brother, Ahmad Bidjan, with the title Kitab alMunteha ala al-Fusus in 1453; in addition, Bidjan wrote another book with the same title in 1465. These two books have the significance of being the first Turkish commentary on Ibn Arabi’s famous book published in Anatolia. However, while discussing these books, some sources have regarded them as a taliqat/annotation of the work of Cendi. In this study, this judgment will be corrected, and the reasoning will be explicated by describing the Yazidjizade brothers’ aforementioned works. Another distinctive feature of Ahmad Bidjan’s second commentary on Fusûs al-Hikam is that it contains full commentaries and meanings of some verses of the Qur’an. An excerpt from this work that is of the utmost importance to the history of Sufism, especially to the Ottoman period of it, and to the histories of tafseer and Turkish literature will be published here for the first time.

Görüntüle İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2021-10, Vol.11 (2), p.639-674