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, Meḥmed , late Ottoman journalist, publisher, and owner of journals, newspapers, and a printing-house in Istanbul (1864-1912). He was one of the journalists and publishers who were supported by ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd II, being awarded various medals and decorations by the Sultan. Information about his family and education is limited. Red̲j̲āʾī-zāde Ekrem [ q.v.] reports that Ṭāhir Beg’s mother looked after his older son. It is known that he was working as a reporter at T̲h̲erwet , the newspaper published in Turkish by Dimitraki Nikolaidi between 1307/1891 …

, Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān, auteur, au début de l’époque ottomane, de la S̲h̲emsiyye, l’un des ouvrages les plus anciens sur l’astrologie rédigés en Anatolie. Il fut le père de Yāzi̊d̲j̲i̊oghlu Meḥmed et Aḥmed Bīd̲j̲ān [ q.vv.], deux personnages religieux importants et écrivains du IXe/XVe s. On ne connaît pas avec certitude son lieu et sa date de naissance. Cependant, parce qu’il dédia son ouvrage (la S̲h̲emsiyye) à Iskender b. Ḥād̲j̲ī Pas̲h̲a de la famille Dewlet Ḵh̲ān résidant à Ankara, on suppose qu’il était lui aussi d’Ankara. D’autre part, dans l’introduction ( sebeb-i teʾlīf) de sa S̲h̲em…

Çakeri (Çākerī) (also known as Çakeri Sinan/Çākerī Sinān Beg and Yusuf-ı Çakeri/Yūsuf-ı Çākerī, with the real name Sinan/Sinān, d. after 900/1494–5) is the pen name of a poet celebrated for his divan ( dīvān, collection of his own poems) and his mesnevis ( methnevīs) Yūsuf u Züleyhā and Leylā vü Mecnūn, written during the reign of Bayezid II (Bāyezīd II, r. 886–918/1481–1512). Çakeri’s date and place of birth and death are unknown. According to tezkires ( tedhkires, collections of short biographies of poets), he preferred the pen name Çakeri (slave, servant) because he …

Mahremi (Maḥremī, known as Tatavlalı Mahremi, d. 942/1535) was a poet who was described, along with Edirneli Nazmi (Naẓmī, d. after 955/1548), as a leading proponent of the Türki-yi Basit Movement (Türkī-yi Basīṭ, “Plain Turkish”) by Fuad Köprülü (d. 1966). Although his writings contain no information on his early life, Mahremi was born in Tatavla (now Kurtuluş), a village in the vicinity of the Galata district of Istanbul, in the Ottoman era (Aşık Çelebi, 2:784). He was the son of Tatavlalı Mehmed Ali (Meḥmed ʿAlī) Bey, one of the co…

Arif (ʿĀrif) Çelebi (Şeh-nameci Fethullah Çelebi/Şeh-nāmeci Fetḥullāh Çelebi, d. after 971/1563–4) was the first holder of the post of şeh-name-guy ( şeh-nāme-gūy, c. 952?–71/1545?–63), established during the reign of Sultan Süleyman (Süleymān) I (r. 926–74/1520–66). The şeh-nameci, a term used interchangeably with şeh-name-guy in Ottoman sources, was the composer of şeh-names ( şeh-nāmes, king’s books), historical works composed consciously in the literary style of the Shāh-nāma of Firdawsī and generally containing a chronological narrative of part or all of…

Abdülmecid Firişteoğlu (ʿAbd al-Mecīd Firişteoghlu, d. after 864/1459–60) is known for his original works and translations on Ḥurūfism, and he played an important role in the spread of this mystical doctrine in Anatolia and Rumeli. His texts on Faḍlallāh Astarābādī’s (d. 796/1394) teachings and doctrines were the earliest that appeared in Turkish, apart from Seyyid Nesimi’s (d. 807?/1404–5?) Muqqaddimetü’l-Haqāyıq. He was born in Tire (in the district of Izmir, in present-day western Turkey), during the time of the Aydınoğulları beylik (708–92/1308–90 and 803–29/1401–25), …

Probably born in 1080/1670 as the son of a peasant or barber at Çorlu in Thrace, Ali Paşa Çorlulu (ʿAlī Pasha Çorlulu, d. 1123/1711) was adopted by the kapıcı başı (qapıcı başı, commander of the guard), Türkmen Kara Bayram Ağa (Türkmen Qara Bayrām Ağa), during the reign of Sultan Ahmed II (Sulṭān Aḥmed II, r. 1102–6/1691–5). He was first appointed as a probationer in Galata Sarayı (Galata Sarāyı) followed by positions in the Inner Service of the imperial household ( enderun-u hümayun, enderūn-i hümāyūn) and the Emanet-i Mukaddese (Emānet-i Muqaddese), the section of the treasu…

Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı (d. 25 August 1982) was a prolific scholar of Ṣūfism, Ṣūfī orders, the Mevleviyye, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, d. 672/1273), and Turkish literature and culture. Born in Istanbul on 10 Ramazan (Ramaḍān) 1317/12 January 1900, Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı was the son of Ahmed Agah Efendi (Aḥmed Āgāh Efendi, d. 1333/1914–5), a noted journalist who worked at the newspaper Tercüman-ı Hakikat ( Tercümān-ı Ḥaqīqat, “Interpreter of Truth”) of the famous author and journalist Ahmed Midhat Efendi (Aḥmed Midḥat Efendi, d. 1331/1912). G…

Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican (Yazıcıoghlu Aḥmed Bīcān, d. after 870/1466), or Ahmet-i Bican (Aḥmed-i Bīcān), was a prominent Ottoman religious figure, scholar, prose writer, and translator of the ninth/fifteenth century. He was also called Yazıcıoğlu, Yazıcızade (Yazıcızāde), and İbnü’l-Katip (Ibn al-Kātib) but is best known by his nickname Bican (“the lifeless”), which he received because he was extremely thin, either from extensive fasting to comply with the traditional practices of the Bayramiye (Bay…

Ibn Melek Firişteoğlu (Firişteoghlu, d. after 821/1418), a scholar of Ḥanafī jurisprudence and a glossarist, lived in the city of Tire (in the Aegean region of present-day Turkey) during the period of the Aydınoğulları beylik (708–92/1308–90; 803–29/1401–25). While he is well known as İbn Melek Firişteoğlu he uses different names in his books such as Abdülaziz b. Abdüllatif (ʿAbdülazīz b. ʿAbdüllaṭīf) b. Melek ( Mabāriq al-azhār); Mehmed b. Abdüllatif b. Ferişte ( Sharḥ Manār), and sources differ about the origin of his patronymic “Firişteoğlu.” Ibn Baṭṭūṭa states th…

, Meḥmed, journaliste ottoman tardif, éditeur, propriétaire de revues, de journaux et d’une maison d’édition à Istanbul (1864-1912), un des journalistes et éditeurs soutenus par ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd II, qui lui conféra plusieurs médailles et décorations. L’information sur sa famille et son éducation est limitée. Red̲j̲āʾī-zāde Ekrem [ q.v.] rapporte que la mère de Ṭāhir Beg s’occupa de son fils plus âgé. On sait que Ṭāhir Beg travaillait comme reporter pour T̲h̲erwet, journal publié en turc par Dimitraki Nikolaidi entre 1307/1891 et 1324/1908. Sa notoriété dans le monde …

, Ṣāliḥ b. Süleymān , the early Ottoman author of the S̲h̲emsiyye , one of the earliest ¶ works on astrology known to be written in Anatolia. He was the father of Yāzi̊d̲j̲i̊og̲h̲lu Meḥmed and Aḥmed Bīd̲j̲ān [ q.vv.], two important religious figures and writers of the 9th/15th century. The place and date of his birth are uncertain. However, due to the fact that he dedicated his work (the S̲h̲emsiyye ) to Iskender b. Ḥād̲j̲ī Pas̲h̲a from the Dewlet Ḵh̲ān family living in Ankara, it is supposed that he was also from Ankara. On the other hand, in the introduction ( sebeb-i teʾlif ) of his S̲h̲emsiyye, …

Adile Sultan (ʿĀdile Sulṭān, 1241–1316/1826–99), daughter of Sultan Mahmud II (Sulṭān Maḥmūd II) and Zernigar (Zernigār) Hanım, was a renowned Ottoman poet, whose divan ( dīvān) gave her a unique place among the women of the Ottoman dynasty. Adile Sultan was highly educated, having been given private lessons in religion, literature, and calligraphy by famous teachers of her time. In 1261/1845, she was married to Tophane Müşiri Mehmed Ali Paşa (Topkhāne Müshiri Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha). The wedding ceremony was magnificent and lasted for …

Nevizade Atai (Nevʿīzāde ʿAṭāʾī, 991–1045/1583–1635), or Ataullah b. Yahya b. Pir Ali b. Nasuh (ʿAṭāʾ Allāh b. Yaḥyā b. Pīr ʿAlī b. Naṣūḥ), was an eminent Ottoman poet and writer of the seventeenth century, who carried on Taşköprüzade’s (Ṭaşköprüzāde’s) work of compiling biographies of the Ottoman ulema (ʿulemāʾ) and Sufis (Ṣūfīs). He was born in Istanbul Şevval (Shawwāl) 991/October1583, where his father, the esteemed poet and scholar Yahya Nevi (Yaḥyā Nevʿī) Efendi (d.1007/1599)—who tutored the sons of Murad (Murād) III (r. 982–1003/1574–9…

Mir Nazif Ahmed Bey (Mīr Naẓīf Aḥmed, d. 1251/1835–6) was a poet known for his anthology Müntekhabāt-ı Mīr Naẓīf (“Anthology of Mīr Naẓīf”), published by Bulak Maṭba’ası (Būlāq Printing House) in Egypt in 1261/1845. We have no information on his early life, but according to Fatin (Faṭīn, d. 1283/1866), he was from Istanbul and travelled to Cairo, where he joined the army of Mehmed Ali Paşa (Meḥmed ʿAlī, d. 1265/1849) in 1240/1824–5. His anthology’s title makes it clear that he became a mir (colonel; mir is an abbreviated form of amir, “noble”) in the army. It is known that he died in…