HĀŞİMĪ EMĪR ʿOTHMĀN AND HIS VIEWS ON SUFISTIC MANNERS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS HÂŞİMÎ EMÎR OSMAN’IN TASAVVUFİ ADAP VE ERKÂNA DAİR GÖRÜŞLERİ

Hāşimī Emīr ʿOthmān, one of the Bayrami Melami sheiks of the 16th century, is the person who institutionalized the understanding of Melami theory with his dervish lodge in Kasımpaşa. One of the most famous works of the author is Ṭariqatname in which he presented his views on sufistic rules and conventions. He made important contributions to the religious-sufistic Turkish literature with his prose and verses. The rules and methods that the followers should obey while entering the order, rules that should be followed during seyr u suluk, behaviors and attitudes that should be obeyed concerning the religious guide and ikhwan are the issues that are mentioned in this important work. Hāşimī first initiated Alā’ al-Dīn from Vize, one of the followers of Bayrami Melami Qutb Sārbān Aḥmad. After that, he started following the orders of Gazanfer Efendī, who was in the same line as Alā’ al-Dīn. After the allegations about him, he initiated to Nūr al-Dīn-zāde, one of the Khalwatī sheiks. All these processes make it both attractive and difficult to analyze his work Ṭariqatname. In his work, there are information and presentations of his views. Our article is made of the introduction section and the three following sections. In the introduction part, the notion of melamet, which affected the sufistic life and understanding in the Ottoman period, is mentioned. The reflection of this understanding in the Bayramiyya sect, the original notions and practices of Bayrami Melami followers are also described in the work. In the first section of the study, information about the life of Hāşimī is presented and his works are introduced. The second section, eight copies that we could determine are introduced and the content of Ṭariqatname is analyzed. In the last section, the work is re-analyzed in the context of Melamiyya. Some findings and discussions about the work are presented to the readers.
Keywords: Turkish-Islamic Literature, Ṣufism, Hāşimī Emīr ʿOthmān, Ṭariqatname, Melamiyya, Bayramiyya.