Kitâb-ı Muhammediye fî Kemâlâti'l-Ahmediye

Printed in Ottoman Turkish
Istanbul 1298 H / 1881 CE, Hocazâde Merhum Rıza Efendi'nin Matbaası

7, 4, 478 pages, richly illustrated
28 x 20 cm, red linen cover with flap
Özege 10955

Order No.: RAR_181
Status: available
Price: 350 € (excl. VAT)

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A widely popular devotional work on the Prophet Muhammad, first written in Arabic in 1449 by the Ottoman Sufi poet Yazicioglu Mehmet (d. 1491) and translated into Ottoman Turkish by his younger brother Ahmed Bican. Mehmet, a native of the Gallipoli peninsula, was a follower of Haci Bayram-i Veli (1352-1430) and was influenced by the writings of Andalusian mystic Ibn 'Arabi. The earliest printed edition appeared in 1842 at Istanbul's Military Press.

Comprising some 9,000 couplets, the "Muhammadiyah" is one of the longest works in Turkish literature, but its style is easily accessible, and it contributed much to the formation of Ottoman Sufi culture. Written to disseminate the basic tenets of Islam among the common people, it covers Muhammad's biography, various aspects of Muslim devotion, and eschatological matters, including Gog and Magog, the Sun rising in the west, and the Day of Resurrection.