In the Footsteps of a Poet: Is Ahmed Rüşdî from Edirne a Real or an Imaginary Person?
In this study, we aimed to answers whether the 17th-century poet Ahmed, nicknamed “Ammeci” and going by the pseudonym “Rüşdî,” is a real or an imaginary person, who actually belongs to the Dîvân, a collection of poems that is attributed to him in biographies and biographical sources. Additionally, w...
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| Language: | English |
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Istanbul University Press
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Türkiyat Mecmuası |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/150846E91E0E48F886020D45D1D8BFA1 |
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| Summary: | In this study, we aimed to answers whether the 17th-century poet Ahmed, nicknamed “Ammeci” and going by the pseudonym “Rüşdî,” is a real or an imaginary person, who actually belongs to the Dîvân, a collection of poems that is attributed to him in biographies and biographical sources. Additionally, we reflect on this question based on works from the old and new periods. In accordance with the purpose of the study, we identified all the poets who used the Rüşdî pseudonym in the Classical Turkish literature period and examined their life stories and works. We sought sources that gave information about the poet and the poems attributed to him and compared them in a document analysis. As the result of our research and examination we determined that allof the poems attributed to Ahmed Rüşdî from Edirne belong to another 17th-century poet, Sahhaf Ahmed Rüşdî from Mostar. We also concluded that Ahmed Rüşdî from Edirne, who is claimed to have lived in the 17th-century, is actually Mehmed Reşîd from Edirne. In Safâyî's tezkire, the mistake started when a poem by Sahhaf Ahmed Rüşdî from Mostar was portrayed as belonging to Mehmed Reşîd from Edirne and the poet’s pseudonym was transferred as Rüşdî instead of Reşîd. This continued over in the following centuries, leading to the emergence of an imaginary person named Ahmed Rüşdî from Edirne who lived in the 17th-century. In addition, the existence of a poet named Ahmed Rüşdî from Edirne, who lived in the 19th-century, made solving the problem more complex. |
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| ISSN: | 2651-3188 |