Abstract
CEVRİ AND HIS WORK CEZİRE-İ MESNEVİ OR AYNÜ’L-FÜYÜZ
Cevrî, who is mentioned in literary sources as a figure having a proper education, is from İstanbul. Having participated in lectures by İsmail Rüsuhi Dede from Ankara and whirling ceremonies at Mevlevi lodges, Cevrî is recognized as a poet and calligrapher. His talent in calligraphy let him lead a good living and work as a clerk at the Imperial Council. He led an unindebted life through the allowances and presents he received in return for writing books for statesmen. In sources, it is stated that Cevrî had an interest in mysticism and joined Mevlevi Order. His works titled Hall-i Tahkîkat and Aynü’l-Füyûz affirm the poet's affiliation with this Order. Hall-i Tahkîkāt partakes of forty couplets which he chose from Rumi's Mesnevi and explained in five couplets each. Aynü’l-füyûz was written in order to give information about Mevlevî Order, to lead those who newly joined the order and to clarify what dervishes and pilgrims are supposed to know and care about.
Cevrî’s Hall-i Tahkîkāt and Aynü’l-Füyûz are consecutively lined up in the same manuscript. The manuscript which contains both of the works is registered on K 600 in Atatürk Library of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and it consists of 82 leaves. Its seven pages following the cover are empty. In the first three leaves, there are the name, stamp and cachet of the library to which it belongs and some couplets in Persian. The work begins in leaf 8 and ends in leaf 79. The 80th leaf is empty and there are somewritings in Ottoman language on the 81st and 82nd leaves and, beside them, some Arabic numbers. The work, which is between 8th and 79th leaves, corresponds to a quantity of about 71 leaves. Each leaf, with a-b sides, consists of 35-36 couplets in average.
Keywords
Cevrî, Hall-iTahkîkat, Aynü’l-Füyûz, Mevlânâ, Mesnevî, explanation.