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Ibn Arabi, Malami-Bayrami Dervish Order and the 17th Century Ottoman Balkans / Ibn Arabî, Melamî-Bayrâmî Tarikati ve 17 Yüzyilda Osmanli Balkanlari

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AbstractThe controversy concerning the spiritual legacy of Muhy al-din ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240) in the intellectual life of the Ottoman Empire reached its peak in the first decades of the 17th century. It is only natural that the most important protagonists in the related discourse were members of dervish orders whose teachings were more deeply influenced by the work of the magister magnus, Halwati and Bayrami in particular. The same years also witnessed an endeavour on the part of Malami-Bayrami order to be reconciled with the state authorities and the orthodox ulema, and to regain its prestige which had been seriously imperilled by a chain of trials and eventual persecution of its heterodox protagonists Isma’il Ma’shuqi (d. 1538), Husam al-din Anqarawi (d. 1557), and lastly Malami qutb Hamza Bali (d. 1573) and his Bosnian followers. Especially active were two Balkan murids of Hamza Bali’s successor Hasan Qabaduz (d. 1601): Husayn Lamakani (d. 1625), and ‘Abd Allah Bosnawi (d. 1644). The latter was the most fervent defender of Ibn ‘Arabi and apologist of wahdat al-wujud among his Ottoman contemporaries, and was generally known as commentator of Ibn ‘Arabi’s magnum opus Fusus al-Hikam.ÖzMuhyuddîn ibn ‘Arabi’nin (ö. 1240) Osmanli Imparatorlugu’nun entelektüel hayatinda biraktigi manevi mirasi üzerine tartismalar 17. yüzyilin ilk on yilinda zirveye ulasmistir. Ibn-i Arabi’nin ögretilerinde, Seyh-i Ekber’in eserinin en fazla etki biraktigi tarikatlarin (özellikle Halvetî ve Bayrâmî) üyelerinin, ilgili diyalogda en önde gelenler arasinda olmalari gayet dogaldir.Söz konusu dönem Melamî-Bayramî tarikatinin devlet otoritesi ve ulema ile barisma tesebbüsüne denk gelmekteydi. Adi geçen tarikatin itibar kazanmasinda Hamza Bali’nin halifesi Hasan Kabaduz (ö. 1601)’un Balkan asilli müritleri olan Hüseyin Lamekani (ö. 1625) ve Abdüllah Bosnevi (ö. 1644) önemi büyüktür. Ibn ‘Arabi’nin Osmanli Devleti’ndeki çagdaslari arasinda vahdet-i vücûdun en önemli savunuculardan sayilan Abdüllah Bosnevî, Ibnü ‘l-Arebî’nin basyapiti Fusûsu‘l-Hikem’in sarihi olarak alelumum ün kazanmistir.

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