Abstract
Hasan İlmi of the Crete and His Divanche Titled Me'alimü'l-garam
Crete Island is one of the most significant place by virtue of Turkish cultural history and often remembered by the authors and poets who lived in this island during the Ottoman period. The subject of this paper Hasan İlmi is amongst such authors commemorated as of the Crete. Hasan İlmi of the Crete worked as a government officer in various places in the Ottoman Empire and wrote several works of which only three works are available today. The first of these works is an unpublished Ottoman dictionary titled Osmanlı Dili. The second work of the author is titled Yemen Salnamesi with co-writer Hüseyin Hüsnü written during the period when the author served in Yemen. The last work of Hasan İlmi is a divanche (collection of his poems) titled Me'alimü'l-garam. This work is composed of 2 praises dedicated to the Prophet Muhammad, 24 odes, 1 poem, and 3 ballads. In this paper, information about Hasan İlmi of the Crete and works will be provided and then his work Me'alimü'l-garam will be presented in more detail.
Keywords
Crete, Hasan İlmi, Me'alimü'l-garam, divanche.