Hulûsî Efendi ve Vahdetnâme-i Hulûsî

Abstract

In classical Turkish literature, there are poems in the type of tawhid in divans and masnavis. Some of the verse and prose works with religious and mystical content are called vahdetnâme. One of poets who wrote Vahdetname is Hulusi Efendi. The name of the work written by Hulûsî Efendi, whose century he lived cannot be determined, is Vahdetnâme-i Hulûsî. Vahdetnâme-i Hulûsî is the work of a divan/lodge poet who wrote poems under the pen name Hulusi. The manuscript is located between pages 1b-11a of the manuscript registered under the number Bel_Yz_K0387 of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Atatürk Library. Vahdetnâme-i Hulusi was written in 5 different verse forms and 5 different verse types. There are 29 poems in Vahdetnâme-i Hulûsî and the copyright date of the work could not be determined. In this article, first of all, general information about vahdetnames in Turkish literature is given. Although it is known that the author of the Vahdetname is Hulusi Efendi, there is no information about his life in the sources. In the main part of the article, Vahdetnâme-i Hulûsî has been examined in terms of form, content and language. At the end of the article, the transcripted text of Vahdetnâme-i Hulusi was presented.

Authors

Abdullah UÇAR, Abdullah UÇAR, Abdullah UÇAR, Abdullah UÇAR

Keywords

Classical Turkish poetry, Vahdetnâme, Hulûsî Efendi.

Publication Information

Volume 0, Issue 8, 2022

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