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Baha'i Mehmed Efendi

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Baha'i Mehmed Efendi
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Born
Mehmed Efendi

1595-6 / 1601
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 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

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

Notes

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

References

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  • 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.