Aşıkpaşazade
Dervish Ahmed (Derviş Ahmed; "Ahmed the Dervish; 1392-93 –1502), better known by his pen name Âşıki or his family name Aşıkpaşazade, was an Ottoman historian and a prominent representative of the early Ottoman historiography. He was a descendant (the great-grandson) of mystic poet dervish Aşık Pasha (1272–1333). He was born in the region of Amasya and studied in various Anatolian towns before going to Hajj and stayed some time in Egypt.
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Aşıkpaşazade
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- Name
- Ahmed
- Born
- 1400
- Died
- 1484
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- historian · writer · patron of the arts
- Known for
- Tevarih-i Al-i Osman
- Languages
- Ottoman Turkish · Turkish · Arabic
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Dervish Ahmed (Derviş Ahmed; "Ahmed the Dervish; 1392-93 –1502), better known by his pen name Âşıki or his family name Aşıkpaşazade, was an Ottoman historian and a prominent representative of the early Ottoman historiography. He was a descendant (the great-grandson) of mystic poet dervish Aşık Pasha (1272–1333). He was born in the region of Amasya and studied in various Anatolian towns before going to Hajj and stayed some time in Egypt.
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Biography
Biography
He later took part in various Ottoman campaigns, such as the Battle of Kosovo (1448), the Fall of Constantinople and witnessed the circumcision festivities of Mustafa and Bayezid II, the sons of Mehmed the Conqueror. Later in his life he started to write his famous history work Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān.
Key facts
Key facts
• Religion — Islam • Era — Ottoman Empire • Name — Ahmed • Title — Aşıkpaşazade • Born — 1400 • Died — 1484 • Main Interests — Ottoman history • Notable Works — Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān (History of the house of Osman), Menâkıb-ı Âli-i Osman (Story of the house of Osman)
Works
Works
His main works are known under two names: Menâkıb-ı Âli-i Osman and Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān. The works deal with Ottoman history from the beginning of the Ottoman state until the time of Mehmed II. It is a chronological history of the Ottoman Empire between the years 1298 and 1472. The work is written in Ottoman Turkish and is partially based on older Ottoman sources, it is more detailed at the events he witnessed personally. His work was used by later Ottoman historians and became a fashion.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1400
Aşıkpaşazade born at Manisa.
1484
Aşıkpaşazade died at Istanbul.
Places
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Places
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Manisa.
Birth place
Istanbul.
Death place
Criticism
According to Halil Inalcik, in his works Aşıkpaşazade twisted his interpretation of the actual events to match his preconceptions. It was typical for him to simply merge two different stories to forge a new description of the battle. Some parts of "Cosmorama" or "Cihan-Nümâ", written by Neşri who was another prominent representative of early Ottoman Historiography, were based on the work of Aşıkpaşazade.
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Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q722705: Aşıkpaşazade
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 102092729, Aşıkpaşazade.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Aşıkpaşazade”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Literature
Literature
Ottoman History Through The Eyes of Aşıkpaşazade by Lale Özdemir, Journal of Balkan Libraries Union, 2014
Notes from the source article
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Franz Taeschner: ʿĀshik-Pasha-Zāde. 1960, S. 699.
- 2.Derwisch Ahmet-i ‘Aşıki (genannt ‘Aşık-Paşa-Sohn): Menakıb u tevarih-i ‘Al-i ‘Osman (Denkwürdigkeiten und Zeitläufte des Hauses Osman). In: Richard Franz Kreutel (Hrsg./Bearbeiter): Vom Hirtenzelt zur Hohen Pforte. (= Osmanische Geschichtsschreiber. Band 3). Graz 1959, S. 121.
- 3.Franz Babinger: Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke. 1927, S. 36.
- 4.Franz Babinger: Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke. 1927, S. 35–36.
- 5.Cemal Kafadar: Between two Worlds. 1955, S. 99f.
- 6.Derwisch Ahmet-i ‘Aşıki (genannt ‘Aşık-Paşa-Sohn): Menakıb u tevarih-i ‘Al-i ‘Osman (Denkwürdigkeiten und Zeitläufte des Hauses Osman). In: Richard Franz Kreutel (Hrsg./Bearbeiter): Vom Hirtenzelt zur Hohen Pforte. (= Osmanische Geschichtsschreiber. Band 3). Graz 1959, S. 17f u. 121
- 7.ʿĀşıḳpaşazāde. Die altosmanische Chronik des 'Ašiḳpaşazāde. 1929.
- 8.Derwisch Ahmet-i ‘Aşıki (genannt ‘Aşık-Paşa-Sohn): Menakıb u tevarih-i ‘Al-i ‘Osman (Denkwürdigkeiten und Zeitläufte des Hauses Osman). In: Richard Franz Kreutel (Hrsg./Bearbeiter): Vom Hirtenzelt zur Hohen Pforte. (= Osmanische Geschichtsschreiber. Band 3). Graz 1959.
- 9.Franz Babinger: Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke. 1927, S. 37–38.
- 10.Zum Perspektivproblem vgl. Cemal Kafadar: Between two Worlds. 1955, S. 96ff.
- 11.Stefan Schreiner (Hrsg.): Die Osmanen in Europa. Erinnerungen und Berichte türkischer Geschichtsschreiber. Verlag Styria, Graz/Wien/Köln 1985, ISBN 3-222-11589-3. Basierend auf Richard Franz Kreutel (Übersetzer): Denkwürdigkeiten und Zeitläufte des Hauses Osman, von Derwisch Ahmed, genannt Aşık-Paşa-Sohn. (= Osmanische Geschichtsschreiber) 10 Bände. Verlag Styria, Graz/Wien/Köln 1955–1981, S. 14.
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Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q722705: AşıkpaşazadeWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 102092729, Aşıkpaşazade.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Those registers additionally record the forms Derviş Ahmed ibn Şeyh Yahya, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥya ibn Salmān ibn ʿAshik Pāshā, Aşikpaşazade, ʿĀšiq-Paša-Zāda, Aḥmed İbn-Yaḥyā İbn-Selmān İbn-Bali ʿĀşıḳpaşazāde İbn-Muḫliṣ Ibn-İlyās, Ahmed, Derwisch, ʿĀšıqpašazāde, Aḥmed İbn-Yaḥyā İbn-Selmān İbn-Bali ʿĀšıqpašazāde İbn-Muḫliṣ Ibn-İlyās and ʿĀšıqī.
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