I. Parlatir , Gy. Hazai , B. Kellner-Heinkele (comp.): Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Catalogue - II. Literature

glazed; script: vowelized nesih; ink: black; headings arc in red; opening heading (

serlevha

) colored and decoratcd with flowers; gilded frame; the pages of the chapters are arranged according to the beyi is and framed by a double gilded border; the surface of the headings of the chapters arc similarly framed, but unwritten; catchwords. Husrev ü Şîrîn (jjjaji j jj

. a) Begins: jja-yi -v=jji -lua-j (lb) ft_ih»ll jJI (^j <JJI j Ends: cİJİJ

1^ criy- ^j' (233a) ^jfyl^jj jlElfla». jEE jl^x. Famous mesnevi by the well-known 15

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h c. poet Ş

EYHÎ (d. 833/1429). Ş

EYHÎ was born in Kütahya, hence he was considered a Germiyanoğlu. His first name was Yusuf Sinaneddin; the name Ş

EYHÎ is due to his affiliation with Hacı Bayram Veli (d. 834/1430). He started his education in Kütahya, was sent to Iran, where he became acquainted there with the basis of Oriental culture. Also well trained in the field of medicine, Ş

EYHÎ became famous by treating Çelebi Sultan Mehmed and was given the title of reis-i etibba. In medicine he was specialized in eye diseases. There is no doubt that Ş

EYHÎ'S rise in the world of literature was due to his contacts with the leading mystics of Iran and Turkey. Thus, the sources unanimously state that the pseudonym Ş

EYHÎ was given to him by Hacı Bayram Veli. Other works by the same author: 1. Divan, 2. Har-name, 3. Kenzü'lmenafi fi-ahvali 'l-emziceti ve 't-tebayi, 4. Hüsrev ü Şirin. Literature: BOMBACı 253-254; GLBB; İA 11.474; OM 2.254; PhTF (1964).409; TA 30.274-275; TDEA 8.149; TDVİA 19.56; • M. ISEN - C. KURNAZ, Şeyhi divanı. Ankara 1990. (AY); A. N. TARLAN, Şeyhî divânım tetkik. İstanbul 1934; F. K. TIMURTAŞ, Şeyhi ve Hüsrev ü Şirin'i. İnceleme, metin. İstanbul 1980. (EFB). Dedicated to Sultan Murád II (1421-1451) and written in 825/832/14211429, the work in its original form consists of eleven chapters and 6,944 beyit

s. The name of Ş

EYHÎ appears in the manuscript as follows: (2b) jj^i ATjI jxoT I jj-olE JE jjj <dLI eElxj 131