AN OTTOMAN STATESMAN IN THE 19TH CENTURY: SIRRI PASHA FROM CRETE AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF TAFSIR Cover Image

19. YÜZYILDA BİR OSMANLI VALİSİ: GİRİTLİ SIRRI PAŞA VE TEFSİR ANLAYIŞI
AN OTTOMAN STATESMAN IN THE 19TH CENTURY: SIRRI PASHA FROM CRETE AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF TAFSIR

Author(s): Ekrem Gülşen
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Islam studies, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Religion
Published by: Sakarya üniversitesi
Keywords: Sirri Pasha; Exegesis; Interpreter; Ottoman; The best story; Man;

Summary/Abstract: The Ottoman Statesman, Sırrı Pasha from Crete in the 19th century, worked as Province Governor and a proprietor. Sırrı Pasha was an intellectual who authored books on the issues of exegesis, Islamic theology, logic, the history of religions and schools of thought , linguistics and literature. Familiar with the science of theology and literature, as an author, his interpretations of the Holy Quran are made up of the verses of Joseph, Mary, Furkan and Insan. In this paper, the author`s life, works and his method in exegesis are examined and understood that his studies of exegesis are made up of those which require great wisdom.

  • Issue Year: 12/2010
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 161-188
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Turkish