Ottoman Divan literature

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Ottoman Divan literature is the classical high literary tradition of the Ottoman Empire, characterized by highly formalized poetry in Ottoman Turkish that drew heavily on Persian and Arabic aesthetics, themes, and vocabulary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman literature ⓘ
classical literature ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
associatedWithMysticism Sufism ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Islam ⓘ
challengedBy Tanzimat literature ⓘ
modern Turkish literature ⓘ
characterizedBy complex prosody ⓘ
extensive use of metaphor and imagery ⓘ
fixed meters ⓘ
highly formalized style ⓘ
strict rhyme schemes ⓘ
use of Persian and Arabic vocabulary ⓘ
contains Sufi poetry ⓘ
chronogram poems ⓘ
court panegyrics ⓘ
didactic poetry ⓘ
elegies ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
declinedIn late 19th century ⓘ
developedIn Ottoman court culture ⓘ
urban literary circles ⓘ
flourishedIn 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
mystical poetry ⓘ
panegyric poetry ⓘ
hasNotablePoet Ahmedi ⓘ
Ahmet Paşa ⓘ
Azmizade Haleti ⓘ
Baki ⓘ
Enderunlu Fazıl ⓘ
Enderunlu Vasıf ⓘ
Fehim-i Kadim ⓘ
Fuzuli ⓘ
Hayali ⓘ
Karacaoğlan (as influenced by Divan style) ⓘ
Lami'i Çelebi ⓘ
linked to: Çelebi

Leskofçalı Galib ⓘ
Mesihi ⓘ
Nabi ⓘ
Naili-i Cedid ⓘ
Naili-i Kadim ⓘ
Nedim ⓘ
Nef'i ⓘ
Nergisi ⓘ
Nev'i ⓘ
Seyyid Nesimi ⓘ
Sheikh Galib ⓘ
Sümbülzade Vehbi ⓘ
Taşlıcalı Yahya ⓘ
Veysi ⓘ
Yahya Bey ⓘ
linked to: Yahya Efendi

Zati ⓘ
Şeyhülislam Yahya ⓘ
hasPart Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic literature ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
literaryLanguage Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
mainLanguage Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
partOf Islamic literary tradition ⓘ
preservedIn anthologies (tezkires) ⓘ
manuscript divans ⓘ
relatedTo Arabic classical poetry ⓘ
Persian Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Persian literature
script Arabic script ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Ottoman studies ⓘ
Turkish literature studies ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
typicalImagery beloved and lover ⓘ
candle and moth ⓘ
garden and spring ⓘ
rose and nightingale ⓘ
wine and cupbearer ⓘ
typicalTheme Sufism ⓘ
love ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
nature imagery ⓘ
philosophical reflection ⓘ
praise of rulers ⓘ
wine and tavern imagery ⓘ
usesLanguageRegister courtly ⓘ
highly ornate ⓘ
usesMetreSystem aruz metre ⓘ
usesPoeticForm ghazal ⓘ
kaside ⓘ
mesnevi ⓘ
murabba ⓘ
qasida ⓘ
rubai ⓘ
terci-i bend ⓘ
terkib-i bend ⓘ
tuyuğ ⓘ

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Nedim → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Fuzuli → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Fuzuli → notableWork → Divan (Turkish) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Fuzuli → influenced → Ottoman divan poets ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Baki → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Masnavi → influenced → Ottoman literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Mathnawi → influenced → Ottoman literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ottoman Divan literature → hasPart → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ali-Shir Nava'i → influenced → Ottoman Turkish literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Beng ü Bade → literaryTradition → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Muhammad bin Suleyman Fuzuli → influenced → Ottoman Turkish literature ⓘ
subject linked to: Muhammad bin Suleyman
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Mahmud Abdülbaki → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
bahr (metre) in aruz → usedIn → Ottoman Turkish poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Dīvān of lyric poems → hasInfluenced → Ottoman Turkish poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Sheikh Galib → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Zati → literaryTradition → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Şeyhülislam Yahya → literaryMovement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Nef'i → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Nabi → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Leskofçalı Galib → literaryMovement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Naili-i Kadim → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Enderunlu Vasıf → literaryTradition → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Enderunlu Vasıf → associatedWith → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Enderunlu Vasıf → partOf → Ottoman classical literature canon ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Nergisi → genre → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Azmizade Haleti → literaryTradition → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Azmizade Haleti → literaryMovement → Classical Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ahmet Paşa → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Naili-i Cedid → literaryTradition → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Enderunlu Fazıl → movement → Ottoman Divan literature ⓘ
Sümbülzade Vehbi → genre → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Sümbülzade Vehbi → literaryTradition → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Seyyid Nesimi → influenced → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ahmedi → movement → Divan literature ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature
Ahmedi → influenced → Ottoman Divan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Divan literature