(c. 1455 – 15 November 1520), sometimes spelled Idris Bidlisi, Idris-i Bitlisi, or Idris-i Bidlisi("Idris of Bitlis"), and fully Mevlana Hakimeddin İdris Mevlana Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi, was an Ottoman Kurdish religious scholar,author,administrator and theologian from Bitlis (in modern Turkey).(Bitlisi dynasty, the ruling house of the Principality of Bitlis, a historical Kurdish principality).[1] There is some controversy about his actual place of birth possibly having been around Diyarbekir (modernDiyarbakır).
Biography
Bitlisi's father, Mevlana Şeyh Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi, was a well known religious scholar who was a follower of Seyyid Mehmed Nur and the founder of the Nurbahçi sect after his death. Like his father, Idris Bitlisi began his career in the Akkoyunlu court, in the service of Yakup Bey, son ofUzun Hasan. Later, he attracted the attention of the Ottoman sultan Selim I and served under him for much of the rest of his life. He joined Selim I in his campaigns against the Mamluks and theSafavids. Bitlisi assisted the sultan in establishing an Ottoman administration in Egypt, after its conquest in 1517. He was appointed to numerous administrative positions of significant responsibility including Kazasker (district supreme administrative judge) of Diyarbekir and Arabia.
Bitlisi was instrumental in the incorporation of the territories of Urfa and Mosul into the Ottoman Goverment without a war, and of Mardin after a long siege. He played a key role in driving the AleviTurkomans from the whole region and the assimilation and Ottomanization of the remaining SunniKurds.
He died in Constantinople on 15 November 1520, shortly after the death of his longtime benefactor, Sultan Selim I. Bitlisi was buried in Eyüp neighborhood of Constantinople, in the garden of the complex known as "İdris Köşkü" (Idris House) or "İdris Çeşmesi" (Idris Fountain), built by his wife Zeynep Hatun.
Bitlisi wrote extensively towards the end of his life; his best known work is "Selim Şahname", an epic history of Selim I's reign.
Bibliography
- (Turkish) Uğur, Ahmet (1991). İdris-i Bitlisi ve Şükri-i Bitlisi. Kayseri, Turkey: Erciyes Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-7598-17-6.
- (Turkish) Bayraktar, Mehmet (2006). Kutlu Müderris İdris-i Bitlisi. Istanbul, Turkey: Biyografi Net Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-00394-7-8.
- (Turkish) Kirlangic, Hicabi (2001). Selim Şahname. Ankara, Turkey: Works on Culture Series, Turkish Ministry of Culture. ISBN 975-17-2588-7.
works
- Heşt Behişt
- Selimname
- Risâle-i Hazâniyye
- Münâzara-i Savm u İyd
- Mecmuât-ül-Fevâid-il Müteferrika
more:
1 - Heşt Bihişt
2 - Selim - Name:
3 - Risâle-i Hazâniyye
4 - Risâletü’l-İbâ an Mevâki’i’l-Vebâ
5 - Tercüme-i Hayâtü’l-Hayavan
6 - Risâle-i Bahâriyye Yâ Râbi’a’l-Ebrar:
7 - Risâle-i fi’n-Nefs
8 - Şerh-i Haşiye-i Tecrid
9 - Münâzara-i Işk bâ Akl
10 - Râfizilere Reddiye
11 - Kenzü’l-Hafi fi Beyâni Makamati’s-Sûf
12 - Mir’ât’l - Uşşak
13 - Tuhfe-i Dergâh-ı Âli
14 - Şerhu Fusûsi’l-Hikem
15 - Hakku’l-Musin fi Şedhi Hakki’l-Yakin
16 - Şerhu’l-Hamriyye
17 - Şerh-i Manzume-i Gülşen-i Raz
18 - Kanun-i Şahenşâh
19 - Mir’atü’l-Cemal
20 - Münâzarâtü’s-Savm ve’l-iyd
21 - Tercüme ve Tefsir-i Hadis-i Erba’in
22 - Şerhu Esrâri’s-Savm min Şerhi Esrâri’l-İbadin
23 - Risâle Der İbâhat-ı Ağâni
24 - Tercüme ve Nazm-ı Hadis-i Erba’in
25 - Hâşiye alâ Tefsir-i Beyzâvi
26 - Kasâid ve Münşa’ât ve Müraselât
27 - Mecmu’a-ı Münşa’ât
28 - El-Münşa’ât
Bibliography
Uğur, Ahmet (1991). İdris-i Bitlisi ve Şükri-i Bitlisi (in Turkish). Kayseri, Turkey: Erciyes Üniversitesi Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-7598-17-6.
Bayraktar, Mehmet (2006). Kutlu Müderris İdris-i Bitlisi (in Turkish). Istanbul, Turkey: Biyografi Net Yayınları. ISBN 978-975-00394-7-8.
Kirlangic, Hicabi (2001). Selim Şahname (in Turkish). Ankara, Turkey: Works on Culture Series, Turkish Ministry of Culture. ISBN 975-17-2588-7.
Yazici, Tahsin (2004). "ḤOSĀM-AL-DIN ʿALI BEDLISI". Encyclopaedia Ir, Vol. XII, Fasc. 5. p. 490.
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