Ismail Haqqi Bursevi

İsmail Hakkı Bursevî (Turkish: Bursalı İsmail Hakkı, Arabic: إسماعيل حقي البروسوي, Persian: Esmā’īl Ḥaqqī Borsavī) was a 17th-century Ottoman Turkish Muslim scholar, a Jelveti Sufi author on mystical experience and the esoteric interpretation of the Quran; also a poet and musical composer. İsmail Hakkı Bursevî influenced many parts the Ottoman Empire but primarily Turkey. To this day he is revered as one of the Büyükler, the great saints of Anatolia.

İsmail Hakkı Bursevî
İsmail Hakkı Bursevî's Tomb in Bursa
Personal
Born1653
Aytos, Ottoman Empire, now Bulgaria
Died1725 (aged 7172)
Bursa, Anatolia, Turkey
Resting placeBursa Turkey
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceSunni
MovementSufism
Main interest(s)Theology, ethics, mysticism
Notable idea(s)Translating Arabic books into Turkish
Notable work(s)Commentaries of the Koran, Ibn Arabi, Rumi, Attar, Najmuddin Kubra
TariqaJelveti
Other namesİsmail Hakkı Üsküdari
OccupationAuthor, translator, sheikh, musical composition, poet
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
İsmail Hakkı Bursevî
(Bursalı İsmail Hakkı)
Born1653
Aytos, Ottoman Empire
Died1725 (aged 7172)
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
GenresOttoman classical music, Turkish makam
Occupation(s)Lyrics author, composer

He is regarded as an eminent literary figure in the Turkish language, having authored more than a hundred works. Translations of some of his works are now available for the English-speaking world.

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