© 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Ottoman Studies /Osmanistische Studien Band 5 Herausgegeben von Stephan Conermann, Sevgi Ag˘cagül und Gül S¸ en Die Bände dieser Reihe sind peer-reviewed. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Christiane Czygan /Stephan Conermann (eds.) An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry With 10 figures V&Runipress Bonn University Press © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Veröffentlichungen der Bonn University Press erscheinen im Verlag V&R unipress GmbH. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Robert-Bosch-Breite 6, D-37079 Göttingen Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Das Werk und seine Teile sind urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede Verwertung in anderen als den gesetzlich zugelassenen Fällen bedarf der vorherigen schriftlichen Einwilligung des Verlages. Umschlagabbildung: Third Divan of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, MKG, 1886.168. Incipit. Fotographer Luther & Fellenberg. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage | www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com ISSN 2366-3677 ISBN 978-3-8470-0855-2 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 For Hedda Reindl-Kiel © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Contents Acknowledgements .............................. 9 Transcription of the Ottoman Script ..................... 11 Abbreviations and Illustrations ........................ 15 Christiane Czygan Introduction.................................. 17 Style Edith Gülçin Ambros Emotivity as aStylistic Marker inOttoman Lyric Poetry of the 15th and 16th Centuries .................................. 33 Poetry in Prose Gisela Procházka-Eisl The Insertion of Poems into Ottoman Prose:Mere Embellishment and Decoration?.................................. 51 Jan Schmidt Poetry in the Context of ProseHistoriography,Illumination or Illustration?................................. 67 Gül S¸ en The Function of Poetry in Sixteenth Century Historiography: ANarratological Approach to the Künhü’l-ahba¯ r by Mustafa¯ ʿ A¯ l ı¯ ..... 89 ˘ ˙˙ © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 8 Contents Genres Hülya Çelik The Connection Between Genre and Form in aPoem:The 16th Century Ottoman Elegy and the Stanzaic Poem ....................111 Ali Emre Özyıldırm Two Poets, Two Works. Some Conclusions from Ebka¯ r-ı efka¯ r and Mihnet-kes¸ a¯ n on the Constantsand Functions of the Ottoman Mesnevı¯ s ˙ ¯ from the 16th Century to the 19th Century ..................131 Benedek Péri “… beklerüz”:AnOttoman Paraphrase (nazı¯ re)Network from the 16th ˙ Century .....................................147 Ruler Poetry Christiane Czygan Was SultanSüleyma¯ nColour-Blind?Sensuality, Power and the Unpublished Poems in the Third Dı¯ v a¯ n(1554) of Sultan Süleyma¯ nI .183 Michael Reinhard Heß Sacrifice on the Path of the Shah Martyrdom in Hata¯ ʾ ı¯ ’ sTurkic Dı¯ v a¯ n..207 ˘ ˙ Performance Hatice Aynur Representations of Istanbul as aLiterary and Cultural Space in Ottoman Texts (1520–1566) ...............................245 Authors .....................................257 Index of Poets .................................261 Index of Titles .................................265 Index of Terms and Genres ..........................267 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Acknowledgements We are grateful to the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburgand to the curator of theirIslamic Department, Tobias Mörike, for his supportand the opportunity to present anumber of illustrations. Kathy Magnus has offered feedback on anumber of the articles and we thank her for her great improvements. Esther Schirrmacher and Peer Jansen provided assistance with technical terms for which we are grateful. Edith Ambros and Hatice Aynur contributed to the preparation of the rules of transcription by providing invaluable comments. Finally, Michael Heß kindly supported us in revising the index. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Transcription of the Ottoman Script1 Ottoman letter transcription ¯A¯ , a ﺁ ʾ ﺀ b ﺏ p ﭖ t ﺕ s ﺙ ¯ c ﺝ ç ﭺ h ﺡ ˙ h ﺥ ˘ d ﺩ z ﺫ ¯ r ﺭ z ﺯ j ﮊ s ﺱ ¸s ﺵ s ﺹ ˙ ˙z ﺽ t ﻁ ˙ z ﻅ ˙ ʿ ﻉ ˙g ﻍ 1See I˙smail Ünver, “Çevriyazıda yazımbirlig˘iüzerine öneriler”. Turkish Studies. International Periodical for the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish and Turkic. Vol. 3/6. 2008. 1–46. The following examples are taken from Ünver‘sarticle. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 12 Transcription of the Ottoman Script (Continued) Ottoman letter transcription f ﻑ k ﻕ ˙ g˘ /k/ñ/y ﻙ g ﮒ l ﻝ m ﻡ n ﻥ h ﻩ v ﻭ y ﻱ ¯a ﺍ ¯u ﻭ ¯ı ﻱ Persian prefixes und suffixes are written without ahyphen.2 In some cases the very same word can be apre- or suffix or apre- or postposition of nominal or verbal nature.3 (yek-ba¯ r(once) ba¯ r(aburden,aload, fruit ﻳﻜﺒﺎﺭ nükte-da¯ n(who under- to distinguish from the ﻧﻜﺘﻪ ﺩﺍﻥ standsand appreciates sub- suffix -da¯ n(denoting what tleties e.g.,acritic) holds or contains some- thing) Arabic and Persian prepositions and particles are written with ahyphen:4 ber-mura¯ d ﺑﺮ ﻣﺮﺍﺩ der-ha¯ l ﺎﺩﻝﺭﺣ ˙ ila¯ - a¯ h irihiﻟﻰﺁﺧﺮﻩ ﻟﺍﺍﻰ ˘ ʿale’l-husu¯sﻠﻰﺍﻟﺨﺼﻮﺹ ﻋﻠﻋﻰ ˘ ˙ ˙ la¯ -yüsʾelﻴﺴﺌﻞﻻﻻ 2Ünver, “Çevriyazıda yazımbirlig˘iüzerine öneriler.” 6, 9, 11–19. 3Ünver, “Çevriyazıda yazımbirlig˘iüzerine öneriler.” 8, 11, 13. 4Ünver, “Çevriyazıda yazımbirlig˘iüzerine öneriler.” 9–10, 12. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Transcription of the Ottoman Script 13 Arabic names and titles: Sala¯ h uddı¯ n ˙ Beytü’s¸-s¸ eba¯ b Persian iz˙a¯ fet: After an a¯ or an u¯ followed by an -l the iz˙a¯ fet has to be read as -i: ha¯ l-i ha¯ z˙ ı r. ˙ ˙ If they are lexicalunits -y follows directly after the ending vowel: Niza¯ m ı¯ -yi Gencevı¯ ˙ Arabic nisbe: edebiyya¯ t ﺍﺩﺑﻴﺎﺕ bes¸ eriyyet ﻳﺑﺸﺮﺖ Persian va¯ v-ı maʿdu¯le: hva¯ ce ﺧﻮﺍﺟﻪ ˘ hva¯ b ﺧﻮﺍﺏ ˘ Places and buildings are given in Turkish orthography. For other terms and the texts in general, we adopted the British orthography. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Abbreviations and Illustrations Abbreviations Ar. Arabic (language) Az. Azerbaijiani(language) CIÉPO Comité International des Études Pré-OttomanesetOttomanes EI2 Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition EI3 Encyclopaedia of Islam. Third Edition E˙Ir Encyclopaedia Iranica ˙IÜK Istanbul University Library MKG Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg MS Manuscript Osm. Ottoman (language) Owo. Old Western Oghuz(language) s.v. sub verbo TDVIATürkiyeDiyanet VakfıI˙slam Ansiklopedisi Ttü. Turkish (language) WZKM Wiener Zeitschriftfür die Kunde des Morgenlandes Illustrations Fig. 1. Last pages of the Leiden MS Or. 26.968. Fig. 2. “Title page” of MS Or. 26.968. Fig. 3. Later additions to the endpapers of MS Or. 26.968. Fig. 4. “The reason for composing the text,” In MS Or. 26.968. Fig. 5. MS Or. 26.968, the next two pages of “thereason for composing the text.” Fig. 6. MS, MKG, 1886,168. Fol._2a_2b. Fig. 7. MS, MKG, 1886,186. Fol._2013b. Fig. 8. MS, MKG, 1886.186. Fol._5b_6a. Fig. 9. MS, MKG, 1886.186, Fol._7a. Fig. 10. MS, MKG, 1886.186, Fol._9b. © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 © 2018, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847108559 – ISBN E-Book: 9783847008552 Christiane Czygan Introduction Premodern Ottoman Poetry aims to demonstrate the depth, variety, and power of Ottoman poetry, as well as the wide scope of its practises. As acentral commu- nicativetool of Ottoman society, poetry both shaped the social milieu and was shaped by it. Thus,ifweare to achieveacomprehensiveunderstanding of pre- modern Ottoman society, we do well to consider the vital and intricate role played by poetry. Today avolume on premodern Ottoman poetry produced in Germanymight come as asurprise. Although significant publications haveappeared in Turkey and in the UnitedStates, premodern Ottoman literature has been neglected in Europe in recent decades. This volume gathers significant work undertaken by scholars from Austria,Germany,Hungary, and Turkey.Itdeveloped out of a workshop held at the University of Bonn in 2014, and it has been extended by further contributions. We hope to show how beneficial an international network on premodern poetry can be, and so to build on the recent works of Hatice Aynur and Angelika Neuwirth.1 Throughout the 1960’sEuropean Ottoman scholars were intensely interested in poetry. The Fundamenta Philologicae constituted amilestone in literary re- search, and it has remained an important work of reference.2 Alessio Bombaci laid emphasis onʿilm al-bala¯ g˙ at (knowledgeofrhetoric), underlining the com- mon ground in Arabic, Persian