1. Today’s Lecture
Readers and Writers
Education of young Ottoman literati
Poets and social uses of poetry
Biographical Dictionaries of Poets
Example: Life of Figani

2. RESPONSE PAPER ON A SELECTED TALK
2 PAGES DOUBLE SPACE (minimum)
DUE UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST HARDCOPY IN CLASS
-short summary
-what was interesting for you and why?
-significance if this study for Ottoman History. Discuss based on readings and lectures for this class.

3. FINAL PAPER
Due December 28th
Hardcopy at class, ecopy turnitin
Historical Movies and Us
Thinking about Ottoman Urban History
Discuss the depiction of the Ottoman urban life in the “Karagöz ve Hacivat Neden Öldürüldü?” (Why were Karagöz and Hacivat murdered?)
Please base your arguments on specific examples from your readings and scenes from the movie. Your task is not to present summaries or identify factual inaccuracies. Please focus on the ways in which Ottoman urban life are presented in a historial movie and compare it to your selected primary and secondary sources for this week’s readings and any other reading/lecture during the course.

4. Gazanfer Ağa medresesi. Divân-i Nâdirî, early seventeenth century

5. Cafer Aga Medresesi, late sixteenth century, view of the courtyard

7. Weekend of the medrese students, Album of Ahmed I, seventeenth century

8. pen-name (mahlas)
name: Zeynep Hatun
profession: Katibi (the scribe)
characteristics: Mihri (pertaining to the sun/solar, affectionate)
Muhibbi (affectionate)
Baki (enduring, everlasting)
Fuzuli (unnecessary, excessive)

9. Divan (a collection of poetry) Mesnevi (long narrative poems)
Kaside (ode)
Gazel (“lyric poetry”)
Mersiye (elegy)
Tarih (chronograms) etc
Mesnevi (long narrative poems)
Romance-adventure, like “Leyla and Mecnun”
Mystical and didactic works
Encyclopedias
And many others such as `City-Thrillers` (Şehrengiz)

10. Illuminated title page from the Sultan Süleyman’s Divan-ı Muhibbi, transcribed by Mehmed Serif, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, R. 738, dating from 1565/66.

11. Interior of the lacquered binding from a Hadis transcribed by Abdülhayf Ali c Topkapı Palace Library, E.H., 2851

12. Consultation of old manuscripts for the program of Şehname-i Selim Khan, from Lokman’s Hunername, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi, A. 3595, fol. 9a dating from 1581

13. Production of a Şehname, from Şehname-i Mehmed III, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi, H. 1609, fol 74a, dating from ca

14. Sultan Osman II with Grand vezir Mehmed Pasa and Ahmed Naksi, from Taskoprizade’s Sekayik-I Numaniye, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi, H. 1263, dating from ca

15. Poets Figani, Yusuf-ı Sineçak, and Ahmet Paşa (from left to right) artist unknown, Mesairü’s-Suara, a biographical dictionary of poets, dating from the sixteenth century.

16. Party, from Johannes Lewenklaw’s history, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek Codex Vindobonesis 8615, dating from 1586

17. Presenting to the patron during a Sufi gathering, from Mustafa Ali’s Nusretname, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi H. 1365, dating from 1584.

18. Sufi Sheikhs
guide the spiritual development of Sufi adepts
lead mystical ceremonies, offer advice, in charge of economic and political life of their communities.
spiritual powers revealed through miracles (keramet)
life stories written down by their followers (menakıbname)
Close followers (mürid), sympathizers (muhib), visitors
Presenting to the patron during a Sufi gathering, from Nusretname, (the Book of Victory), dating from 1584.

19. Varieties of Sufi Experience Holy fool (meczub) Antinomian traveling dervishes (such as kalenderis) Members of orders (tarikat)

20. Dervishes and Kalenderis as a part of the procession of a ceremony, from Şehinşehname, (p.17).

21. A kalender derwish from Chalcocondyle, Histoire des Turcs, (Paris: 1950)

22. Dervishes from Menakıb-ı Sevakıb, (p.15)

24. From the album of Taeschner , Mevlevis 17. cent