Divan Edebiyatı Araştırmaları Dergisi

Abstract

Kubûrîzâde Abdurrahman Rahmî Efendi (d. 1127/1715) was a poet who lived between the second half of the 17th century and the first quarter of the 18th century, became famous with his poems written under the pseudonym Hevâyî and created a school in the field of “hezel”. Hezel, is a literary genre that deals with a serious subject in a satirical, witty or humorous manner. His divan, Hevâyî-nâme, consisting only of hezel poems, is the only work we have. It is known that he used the pseudonym Rahmî in his poems written in genres other than hezel. The existence of his divan written with this pseudonym is not known today. Therefore, these poems can be accessed through biographical sources and poetry majmuas. The unearthing of these poems will serve to understand his literary identity more comprehensively. For these reasons, within the scope of our study, first of all, the studies on poetry majmuas were examined, the poems belonging to the poet were compiled and compared with the poems obtained from the tezkires; thus, and Rahmî's poems identified so far were tried to be brought together. His na‘t, the existence of which we are aware of due to the Sâlim Tezkiresi, points to an important but little-known aspect of his identity as a divan poet. A hitherto unknown copy of this poem was found in a majmua. This copy, 75 couplets long, contains 39 previously unknown couplets. This study aims to draw attention to the versatility of Rahmî's literary character by introducing the text of the na‘t in its entirety.