Aşıkpaşazade

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Ahmed, the title is Dervish, and the family name is Aşıkpaşazade.
Ahmed
An old Ottoman print of his History.
TitleAşıkpaşazade
Personal life
Born1400
Died1484[1]
EraOttoman Empire
Main interest(s)Ottoman history
Notable work(s)Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān (History of the house of Osman), Menâkıb-ı Âli-i Osman (Story of the house of Osman)
Religious life
ReligionIslam

Dervish Ahmed (Turkish: Derviş Ahmed; "Ahmed the Dervish; 1400–1484), better known by his pen name Âşıki or his family name Aşıkpaşazade,[2] 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).[3][4] He was born in the region of Amasya and studied in various Anatolian towns before going to Hajj and stayed some time in Egypt. 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.

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.

Criticism

According to Halil Inalcik, in his works Aşıkpaşazade twisted his interpretation of the actual events to match his preconceptions.[5] It was typical for him to simply merge two different stories to forge a new description of the battle.[6] 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.[7]

References

  1. ^ Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vasilʹev (1936). The Goths in the Crimea. Mediaeval academy of America. p. 254. ISBN 9780598569981. Retrieved 20 February 2013. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ^ M. Th Houtsma (1993). First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913–1936. BRILL. p. 482. ISBN 978-90-04-09796-4. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ Analecta Orientalia Posthumous Writings and Selected Minor Works. Brill Archive. p. 11. GGKEY:3S3JPXD29QD. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ^ Lucian Boia; International Committee of Historical Sciences. Commission of the History of Historiography (1989). Great historians from antiquity to 1800: an international dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-313-24517-6. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  5. ^ Halil İnalcık (1998). Essays in Ottoman history. Eren. p. preface. ISBN 978-975-7622-58-1. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  6. ^ Imber, Colin (1995). "ʿOt̲h̲mān I". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume VIII: Ned–Sam. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 180–182. ISBN 978-90-04-09834-3.
  7. ^ Nagendra Kr. Singh (1 March 2004). Encyclopaedic Historiography of the Muslim World. Global Vision Publishing Ho. pp. 702–703. ISBN 978-81-87746-54-6. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Halil Inalcik, "How to Read 'Ashik Pasha-zade's History", in Essays in Ottoman History (Istanbul: Eren, 1998) pp. 139–156