Gevheri

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Gevheri was a Turkish poet and folk singer ( Aşık ) of the 17th and 18th centuries. He enjoyed great popularity together with Aşık Ömer . Its popularity extended to both the common people and the educated class.

Gevheri's date of birth is unknown. It is believed that he was born at the end of the first half of the 17th century. Maybe he came from the Crimea or from Istanbul . Gevheri ( Ottoman گوهری/ Gevherî ) is the poet's name he has adopted, which, as is usual with an Aşık, he often mentions in the last stanzas of his poems ( Ottoman تخلص/ Tahallüs , adopting a mahlas said pseudonym ). This nom de plume (literally: pen name) Gevherî is ambiguous, as is often the case with oriental poets. Gevher can mean diamond or, in general, jewel and substance (in a philosophical sense). The pseudonym Gevherî ( Gevher-i ) then meant, for example, "the jewel-like" or "the substance-like" or both. Its actual name is debatable. From various poems by Gevheri, Mustafa, Ali or Mehmed emerge as possible names of the poet.

Gevheri received a good education. He worked as a scribe for the calligrapher Mehmed Bahri Pasha and lived for a while in Damascus and Baghdad . He spent most of his life in Istanbul, but also stayed in the border region of Rumelia .

Gevheri wrote both folk and classical poems. The main themes are love and in particular complaints about infidelity, rivals and separation. In his popular poems, often in the form of Koşma ( syllable 6 + 5 or 4 + 4 + 3) and Türkü , there are mannerist interwoven linguistic expressions in the style of classical poetry. Some of his poems are still performed as songs and are often found in Turkish anthologies .

Gevheri probably died after 1737.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suraiya Faroqhi: The Cambridge History of Turkey: The later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839. Cambridge 2006, p. 501
  2. ^ Mehmet Fuad Köprülüzade: Türk sazşairlerine ait metinler ve tetkiler. Istanbul 1929, p. 191
  3. ↑ Şükrü Elçin: Gevherî, Ankara 1987, p. 3
  4. ↑ GJH van Gelder and JTP de Bruijn: Takhalluṣ . In: PJ Bearman et al. (Ed.): The Encyclopaedia of Islam . 2nd Edition. Brill, Leiden [et al.] 2000, ISBN 90-04-11813-6 , pp. X: 123a-b
  5. ↑ vikisözlük . Retrieved January 6, 2012
  6. ↑ Traditions of şık poetry . Retrieved January 6, 2012
  7. ^ Kurt and Ursula Reinhard: Music of Turkey . Volume 2: Folk Music . Wilhelmshaven 1984, p. 115
  8. ↑ Ottoman-Turkish dictionary by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanar . PDF, accessed January 8, 2012
  9. ↑ Encyclopedia of Islam , 4 vol. And supplement. Vol. Leiden / Leipzig 1908 - 1938, Vol. II. Sv DJAWHAR
  10. ↑ Fahir İz in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, sv GEVHERĪ

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personal data
SURNAME Gevheri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mustafa; Ali; Mehmed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish folk song singer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Crimea or Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH 18th century