%0 Journal Article
%T An Ottoman Poet and Prose Stylist: Okchuz¨¡de Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨©
%A Y£¿lmaz £¿ks¨¹z
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%D 2018
%X Grown up as versatile people, Ottoman intellectuals had holistic views towards science, art and literature, and wrote in a variety of disciplines. It was not uncommon for a mathematician to write in philosophy, for a £¿ad¨©th (report of the words and deeds of the Prophet) scholar to write history books, for a statesman to be busy with calligraphy or for a Shaykh al-Isl¨¡m (the highest ranking Islamic legal authority) to have a ¡°D¨©w¨¡n¡± (a collection of poems). However, possibly due to specialization-based scientific understanding of modern researchers, one side of these people generally came to the fore and some capabilities of them remained unknown. Grown up in Istanbul, capital town of Ottoman Empire, in late 16th and early 17th centuries, Okchuz¨¡de Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© was also one of these personalities called ¡°hez¨¡r-fan¡± (polymath). Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© served in top level offices of the State, was busy with art and literature, and became known for insh¨¡£¿ (composition) kind of works written with elaborate prose. Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© earned a deserved fame with these capabilities and he was also a poet. Indeed, due to poems he wrote in his early ages, he was noticed by some biography writers about poets and his poems were mentioned in some anthologies. In addition to poetry anthologies, he had some classical works, and some couplets, quatrains and verses included in his prose works. In the present study, a collection and evaluation of poems by Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© were presented. Summary: Ottoman statesman Okchuz¨¡de Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© was born in 1562 AD (970 AH) in Istanbul. He was son of Okchuz¨¡de Mehmed Pasha (d. 995 AH/1587 AD) and served as K¨¡tib (scribe), Defterd¨¡r (treasurer), Re¨©s-ul-kutt¨¡b (chief of the scribes), Governor General of Cyprus and Aleppo. His real name was Mehmed, but he was mentioned in different sources by names such as Mehmed Bey, Mehmed Sh¨¡h, Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨©, Mir Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© and Okchuz¨¡de Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨©. Starting at a young age, he was well educated in madrasah (college). With his vibrant character and superior genius, he came to the forefront among his peers. He was educated under the supervision of M¨¡£¿l¨±lz¨¡de Nak¨©b Efendi (d. 993 AH/1585 AD) and graduated in 988 AH/1580 AD at the age of 18. When Nak¨©b Efendi became Shaykh al-Isl¨¡m in the same year, he started his official duty as D¨©w¨¡n-£¿ Hum¨¡y¨±n (imperial council) secretary. With the duty of Executive Assistant, he became the secretary of Damad £¿brahim Pasha who started to his office in 1004 AH/1596 AD. He worked under the patronage of the Pasha until Pasha¡¯s death in 1010 AH/1601 AD. Mehmed Sh¨¡h¨© succeeded Musa
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/cuid/issue/36586/419474