The Diwan of an Unknown Poet Nicknamed Lutf？ and the Sufi Terms Used in the Diwan

Ali Lutf？ was one of the poets lived in the XIX century. No information has not been found about the poet. In this study, the main primary sources were reviewed and the poets whose nicknames are Lutf？ were identified. At the end of this research, it was found out that Ali Lutf？ was a particular poet. In this study, the D？wan of Lutf？ was made known and the main S？f？ terms in his D？wan were explained briefly. What makes this article significant is that it has been the first study about Lutf？ and the D？wan. The source of the information given about the poet is the D？wan of the poet. This is the only known work of Lutf？. There are 163 ghazals, 8 mukhammas, 4 mathnavis and 1 musaddas in the D？wan. The poet used the makhlas ‘Lutf？’. The only copy of the manuscript has been reached. The D？wan, which has a digital copy, has 52 leaves. D？wan is registered in the H. ？emsi F. Güneren section in Süleymaniye Library, as number 69. Lutfi was a S？f？ poet who was faithful to the tar？qats ‘Qādirī and the Khalvatī’. The eulogies written about the founders and representatives of these tar？qats, such as Abd al-Qādir Gaylan？, Sayyid Yahya Shirvan？, Shams al-D？n Shiwas？ and Sivas？ Hac？ Ahmed who was the poet’s sheikh grab the attention. The fact that the author is a mystic has enriched the D？wan in terms of the sufi terminology