Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede

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Müneccimbaşı Derwīsh Aḥmed Dede b. Luṭf Allāh (born in Selânik ; died on February 27, 1702 in Mecca ) was an Ottoman scholar, Sufi poet, historian and author of the important work Jāmiʿ ad-duwal .

Life

Ahmed's father was a weaver and came from Ereğli near Konya , but had to leave it due to unrest. Ahmed was therefore born in Selânik. He first learned his father's trade. He gave up this profession and joined Sheikh Mehmed in the Mevlevihane (dervish convent). He received training here, received lessons from the local Mufti in Tafsir and Fiqh and worked as a copyist for his master's works. At the age of 23 or 24 he went to Istanbul. He continued his training in Islamic scholarship here. Şekîbî Mehmed Efendi, who was Müneccimbaşı , taught him astrology and astronomy. Because of this training, he soon became a forensic astrologist. After he rose to higher ranks, he was soon dismissed from the sultan's service and had to flee into exile in Egypt , from where a few years later he first traveled to Mecca , where he was appointed sheikh of the dervish lodge. A move to Medina followed , where he spent seven years of his life. Shortly after his return to Mecca, Müneccimbaşı died in February 1702 and was buried there.

Work and works

In addition to works from his work as a historian, Müneccimbaşı left numerous other works, such as notes on Quran commentaries, commentaries, translations, and treatises on geometry , mysticism and music . His Turkish, Arabic and Persian Dīwāne gave him a firm place in the series of important mystical poets.

literature

• JH Kramers in: The Encyclopaedia of Islam , Volume VI, Brill: Leiden, 1993, p. 572f.