Baha'i Mehmed Efendi

Baha'i Mehmed Efendi
Personal life
Born
Mehmed Efendi

1595-6 / 1601
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
DiedJanuary 3, 1654
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Resting placeFatih Mosque, Istanbul
NationalityOttoman
Notable work(s)Divan (6 qasida, 2 masnavi, 4 stanza, 2 history stanza, 40 ghazal, 8 ruba'i)
Known forShaykh al-Islam, Fatwas in Verse
OccupationJurist, Theologian, Poet, Scholar

Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شیخ‌الاسلام بهايي محمد افندي) (1595-6[1]/1601,[2] Istanbul – 3 January 1654) was an Ottoman jurist, theologian, poet and scholar. [1]

He was first appointed as Shaykh al-Islam in 1649. Some of his fatwas are written in verse of which 4 of them are available now.[2]

His best known ruling was his lawful pronouncing of smoking and ending the prohibitions and repressions of the early 17th century.

His body is buried in Fatih mosque.

Divan

The Divan of Baha'i consists of 6 qasida, 2 masnavi, 4 stanza, 2 history stanza, 40 ghazal and 8 ruba'i.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lewis 1986, p. 915.
  2. ^ a b Eliaçık 2012, p. 8.
  3. ^ Çentindağ 2011, p. 30.

References

  • Çentindağ, Yusuf (2011). Saraç, Yekta; Macit, Muhsin (eds.). XVII Yüzyıl Türk Edebiyatı (in Turkish). Anadolu: Anadolu Üniversitesi. pp. 30–34. ISBN 978-975-06-1051-6.
  • Lewis, B (1986). "Baha'i Mehmed Efendi". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 1. Leiden: E. J. BRILL. p. 915. ISBN 90-04-08114-3.
  • Eliaçık, Muhittin (2012). "Şeyhülislâm Bahâî Mehmed Efendi'nin Manzum Fetvâları" [The fatwas of in Verse Which Were Written by Shaykh al-Islam Baha'i Mehmed Efendi]. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish). 31. Konya: Selçuk Üniversitesi: 1–20. ISSN 1300-5766.


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