Abstract
Mavlana and Mavlawi in a Book Named Ruh-i Macruh of Kaytaz-zada Nazım
Kaytaz-zada Mehmed Nazim Efendi, was born in 1857
in Nicosia-Cyprus and died in 1924, is a importand
figure and poet written poems with style of classical
Turkish poetry and man of letters. Kaytaz-zada has got
two novels named “Yadigar-i Muhabbat” and “Layla-i
Visal” , also has got a drama named “Safa yahut Netice-i
Ibtila”, except the poets that are published as the name
“Ruh-ı Macruh” by Harid Fedai and Bekir Azgın.
Enough and valuable knowledge is given in the “preface”
wrıtten to “Ruh-ı Macruh” that contains the poems of
Kaytaz-zada Mehmed Nazim, by Bekir Azgın and in the
study titled “Kaytaz-zada’s Life and Art” written by
Harid Fedai. We are going to try to evaluate the poems
and verses about Mavlana and Mavlawi that are involved
in the poems of a Mavlawi poet, Kaytaz-zada Mehmed
Nazim as pointed at above. We’ve proved in these verses
that Kaytaz-zada has included Mesnevi, nay, sema, and
Şams-i Tabrizi as Mavlawi, the elements of Mavlawi and
the superior characteristics of Mavlana. According to
this, Mavlawi is a rope that has to be held hardly. Poet
has used the phrases and words “Hazrat-i Hunkar”,
“Hazrat-i Monla”, “Hazrat-i Monla-yı Rum”, “Murshid-
i Rum”,“Pir”, “Dargah-i Pir”, and “Shah” for
Mavlana. All these phrases are suitable to express the
knowledge, beliefs and the maturity of Mavlana, and most
used phrases for Mavlana. Mesnevi is a treasure of
wisdom. Nay is compared with lover. Sema is the ritual of
Mavlawis. Şams-i Tabrizi is a rescuer mentor for poet..
Keywords
Kaytaz-zada Mehmed Nazim, Mavlana, Mavlavi, Mesnevi, sema, Şams-i Tabrizi.