Abstract
An Evaluation of Bahtî's Poems in Pervâne Bey’s Mecmua
Works that band poems that are written according to the
tradition of nazire (a specific kind of poem tradition) in
Classical Turkish literature together, are called
mecmuatü’n-nezâir or mecmua-i nezâir. Pervâne Bey
Nazire Mecmuası (journal) is written in Anatolia after
Ömer bin Mezid’s Mecmuatü’n-nezâir, Câmiü’n-nezâir
by Hacı Kemâl from Eğirdir and Mecmau’n-nezâir journal
by Nazmî from Edirne. The work is known to be the most
comprehensive nazire journal. It is composed by Pervâne
bin Abdullah, one of the servants of Suleiman the
Magnificent, in 1561. The work’s registration number is
406; it is registered to Topkapı Palace Library, Baghdad
Palace depository. According to the assignment in
Mecmua, the single copy was written by a copyist named
Muhammed bin Ramazân. There are 72 poems of Sultan I.
Ahmed, who ruled between 1603 and 1617 and is known
to have used the penname Bahtî, in Mecmua. Although
many scientific researches and studies have been carried
out about Pervâne Bey Mecmuası, it is still not clear how
Bahtî’s poems are included in a journal that was known to
be completed in 1561. In this article, poems in Pervâne Bey
Mecmuası by Sultan I. Ahmed (Bahtî) are evaluated and
compared to the ones in Divan. On the other hand, the
titles and writing characteristics of Sultan I. Ahmed’s
poems in Mecmua are analyzed. Characteristics of his
writing in his poems are described in visuals in Mecmua.
At the end of this analysis, it is attempted to clarify how the poems by Sultan I. Ahmed (Bahtî) are included in
Mecmua.
Keywords
Sultan I. Ahmed, Bahtî, Mecmua, Nazire, Pervâne Bey’s Mecmuası (journal).