Nişancı Tâcîzâde Cafer Çelebi or Nīshāndji Tādji-Zādah Djā'far Chālabī (1459–1515), known for short as Câ’fer Çelebi or Jā’far Chālabī was an Ottoman statesman and a diwan poet. [1]
Life
He was born in
Amasya in 1459 (864 in
Ottoman calendar).
[2] His father Tād̲j̲ī Beg served as adviser to Prince Bāyezīd, who would become
Sultan Bayezid I later. After rising in the theological career to
müderris, Sultan
Bayezid II appointed him
Nishandji and
Kazaskerin 1497 or 1498.
[3]
His life trajectory was interrupted by the struggle for power between
Şehzade Ahmet and his brother Selim, who would become later Sultan
Selim I. Suspected of favoring Şehzade Ahmet in the struggle for the succession, Djaʿfer Çelebi, together with other of Aḥmet’s partisans, was accused of military disobedience and executed in 1515, right after the return of Ahmad's brother and rival from the campaign in
Iran.
He is known for his masnavi.
Some of his works
- Hevesname
- Mahruse-i İstanbul Fetihnamesi
- Münşeat
- Diwan (A collection of Turkish and Persian poems)
References
- ^ P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs, eds. (2015), "D̲j̲aʿfar Čelebi" - Encyclopaedia of Islam (2 ed.), Brill Online
- ^ Edgar Blochet (1933), Catalogue des manuscrits turcs, vol. II, Impr. des Presses Universitaires de France, pp. 1–2, OCLC 799696582
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^ N. Lugal; A. Erzi (1956), Tâcı-Zâde Sa'dî Çelebi Münşeâtı, Istanbul, p. 85
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- Divan poets from the Ottoman Empire
- 1459 births
- 1515 deaths
- Executed writers
- Executed people from the Ottoman Empire
- People from Amasya
- 16th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire
- 15th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire
- 16th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire
- Civil servants from the Ottoman Empire