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Muhibbî Divânında Peygamberler
Prophets in Muhibi’s Divan

Author(s): Armağan Zöhre
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Turkish Literature, 15th Century, 16th Century, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversity
Keywords: Muhibbî; Sultan Suleiman the Magnificient; Prophets; Religion and Islamic Mysticism; Divan Literature;

Summary/Abstract: Religion is one of the most important sources of the Divan Literature. Religion is a collection of laws and it is proclaimed to human being via prophets. Therefore, the prophets, along with their various features and miracles were chosen as a subject by many divan poets. Also Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent who wrote under the pseudonym of Muhibbî emphasized miraculous lives of the many prophets in different ways in his poems.In this article, 2799 ghazals and above 300 other verses which composes the divan, used to identify and examine which features of the prophets were mentioned.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 171-188
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Turkish