A POETIC NASIHAT-NAME WRITTEN FOR MURAD IV: MIFTAH-I CENNET OF QADIRI HUSEYIN

Many nasihat-names have been written with the aim of improving the individual and society in Turkish Islamic Literature field. These works can be written for the general community, they are also written for a spesific part of the society such as women, children, brethren, state administrators. The work named Miftah-i Cennet of Qadiri Huseyin was written for Sultan IV. Murad, one of the 17th century Ottoman sultans. The aim of the work is to guide the sultan who ascended the throne at the age of just a child. Sultan is the collocutor of the advices given to lead him to the happiness of the world and the hereafter. In this study, Miftah-i Cennet that was written for Sultan IV. Murad and has the feature of a poetic nasihat-name will be introduced. In the first part of the study, which consists of two parts, the life and works of Qadiri Huseyin, the author of the work, which does not have any information about his life in the biographical sources, will be mentioned. In addition, the opinions that the person known as Muhyiddin-i Qadiri may be the same person as Qadiri Huseyin will be presented. In the second part, the copies of Miftah-i Cennet which is the subject of our study will be introduced and general information about the content of the work will be given.