Lâmi̇î Çelebi̇ Mevli̇d’i̇

Abstract

Mevlid works have an important place in Turkish masnavi literature. The Muslim Turkish people sincerely revealed their deep love for the Prophet with the mevlid books that they most respected after the Qur’an. Mevlid masnavis, written in every period starting from the 15th century, has also been the interpreter of the love of the Prophet in the hearts of the Muslim Turkish people. One of the representatives of the tradition of writing mevlids, which started in the first years of the 15th century in Turkish literature, in the 16th century is Lamiî Çelebi. Lâmiî Çelebi, who lived in Bursa between 1472-1532 and devoted his life to writing, is one of the productive figures of Turkish literature. Lâmiî Çelebi, who produced a wide variety of works in terms of form and genre as well as in number, became known with the title of “Cami-i Rum” in time, mainly because of the works he translated from the Iranian poet Abdurrahman Cami. One of the works written by Lâmiî Çelebi, who has left behind many different types of copyright and translation works, is his masnavi, Mevlidü’r-Resul, which he wrote in the mevlid kind. In this study, Lâmiî Çelebi’s Mevlidü’r-Resul, which draws attention with its different and original aspect in terms of its content within the tradition of writing mevlid, is introduced.