Ahmedi
Illustration — Miniature from the manuscript of Ahmedi's "Iskendername" written and painted in Edirne in the middle of the 15th century. Biblioteca Marciana Taj ad-Dīn İbrahim ibn Hizr Ahmedi (1334–1413), better known by his pen name Taceddin Ahmedi, was an Ottoman poet and is considered one of the greatest poets in 14th-century Anatolia. Ahmedi was born in Anatolia, he went to study with Akmal al-Din al-Babarti in Cairo as a young man.
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- Born
- Ahmedi was born on 1 January 1334.
- Died
- Ahmedi died on 1 January 1413. · Amasya.
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- Ottoman Empire
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- poet · writer
- Languages
- Ottoman Turkish · Turkish · Arabic
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Illustration — Miniature from the manuscript of Ahmedi's "Iskendername" written and painted in Edirne in the middle of the 15th century. Biblioteca Marciana Taj ad-Dīn İbrahim ibn Hizr Ahmedi (1334–1413), better known by his pen name Taceddin Ahmedi, was an Ottoman poet and is considered one of the greatest poets in 14th-century Anatolia. Ahmedi was born in Anatolia, he went to study with Akmal al-Din al-Babarti in Cairo as a young man.
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Ahmedi (1334–1413) was a poet and writer, of Ottoman nationality. The poet died in Amasya. Languages used include Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish.
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After Bayezid's death, he dedicated his work titled the Iskendername, the earliest surviving work of Ottoman historiography and the earliest Turkish rendition of the Alexander Romance, to Süleyman Çelebi. Modeled after the Iskandarnameh of Neẓāmī, in over 8,000 couplets Ahmedi uses the outline of Alexander the Great's conquests to offer discourse on philosophy, theology, and history.
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Разворот (две страницы) Дивана Ахмеди, находящегося в библиотеке Ватикана. Turc nr. 196
Ahmedi (1334-1413) · Ahmedi
Fol. 140b. The poet Ahmedi, Iskender-name by Ahmedi, late 15th century (National Library of Russia, C133) "-24) f. 140b (0.7×14.3 cm.) the miniature (see plate 2 on the back cover), executed after the Persian classical models, shows two persons talking. One of them holds a cup of wine in his hand. The miniature illustrates the section titled "Münadjat" ("The Night Prayer"), which is a lyrical digr
End of 15th century · Petrosyan I. An Illustrated Turkish Manuscript of “Iskender-nāme” by Ahmedī Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 1, No 2, October 1995. Pp. 47-61 [1]
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1334
Ahmedi was born on 1 January 1334.
1413
Ahmedi died on 1 January 1413.
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Ahmedi died at Amasya.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118642642, Ahmedî.
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- 1.Tezcan, Baki. Writing history at the Ottoman court: editing the past, fashioning the future. Indiana University Press. 30. 2013. 978-0-253-00857-2.
- 2.Silay, Kemal. Aḥmedī's History of the Ottoman Dynasty. Journal of Turkish Studies. 16. 129–200. 1992.
- 3.Mengüç, Murat Cem. Studies in Islamic Historiography. Brill. 127–128. 2019-11-06. 978-90-04-41529-4.
- 4.Taceddin Ahmedi Turkish author. Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 118642642, Ahmedî.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The authorities additionally record the headings Ahmedî, Taj al-Din Ibrahim ibn Khidr Ahmadi, Taceddin Ahmedi and Ahmedi. His recorded languages were Ottoman Turkish, Turkish and Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.
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