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A Mevlevî sheikh and poet; the author of the Tuhfe-i Şâhidî, taught for centuries in the teaching of Persian.
He was born in 1470 at Muğla, the son of the sheikh of a mevlevîhâne. He received his first religious education from his father, whom he lost at the age of ten.
He first turned to a craft, but abandoned it and returned to study, attending the medreses of Istanbul and Bursa.
Finally embracing the dervish path, he attached himself to various Mevlevî sheikhs, and at last entered the service of Divane Mehmed Çelebi of Afyon.
After his master's death he took over the leadership of the Muğla mevlevîhâne, where he spent the remainder of his life teaching and writing.
He died in 1550.
His Works — 1. Tuhfe-i Şâhidî. A Persian-Turkish rhyming dictionary. 2. Gülşen-i Esrâr. It contains biography and Mevlevî teachings. 3. Gülşen-i Vahdet. A didactic poem of 491 couplets. 4. Dîvan. It contains more than 100 poems. He also has commentaries, a mevlid, and various mystical treatises emphasising Mevlevî doctrine and the Islamic sciences.
His Tomb and Complex — He was buried near his sheikh's grave, at Karahisar.
Differing Scholarly Views
🔴 The city of his grave diverges from the city of the atlas record. The source says that he was buried near his sheikh's grave, at Karahisar; the atlas record, however, is tied to Muğla. Muğla is the city where he held the shaykhdom for many years and where his mevlevîhâne stood; but the record of the grave is not the same thing. The location attribution needs to be reviewed (principle 6).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Mustafa Çipan · vol. 38, pp. 273-274, entry “ŞÂHİDÎ, İbrâhim”
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