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This volume contains Sudi Bosnevi’s (died 1007 AH/1599 CE [?]) Ottoman Turkish commentary of the Divan of the celebrated Persian lyric poet, Shams-al-Din Moḥammad Hafiz of Shiraz (about 715-792 AH/1315-1390 CE). The Şerh also includes Sudi’s recension of Hafiz’s Divan, as well as his paraphrases...
This volume contains a Persian-Ottoman Turkish dictionary by Ni‘metullah ibn-i Ahmed ibn-i Kadi Mübarek er-Rumi (died 969 AH/1561-2 CE), known as Sofyalı Ni‘metullah Efendi. Ni‘metullah was born in Sofia and gained some repute as an enameller. He became acquainted with Persian poetry and litera...
Collection of poetical works by İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi
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This volume contains poetical works by the celebrated scholar, Sufi, and poet İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1115-1194 AH/1703-1780 CE). Renowned in his lifetime for his piety, Hakkı was one of the great Ottoman mystical poets. In addition to his poetry, he also composed the Marifetname, a well-known c...
This volume contains the Divan of the Sufi poet Hayreti (died 941 AH/1534 CE). He was born in Giannitsa (Turkish. Vardar Yenicesi) in northern Greece and given the name Mehmed. Both he and his brother, the Mevlevi şeyh Yusuf-ı Sineçak, were disciples of Şeyh İbrâhim Gülşenî. Hayreti later became...
This volume contains the collected poetry of Neccarzade Mustafa Rıza (died 1159 AH/1746 CE), a poet and a şeyh of the Nakşibendi-Müceddidi Sufi order. Born in 1090 AH/1679 CE, Neccarzade Rıza lived most of his life in Beşiktaş, where he studied at the Sinan Paşa Medrese. He initially became a d...