Prognostic dreams, otherworldly saints, and caliphal ghosts : : a critical edition of Sa'deddin Efendi's (d. 1599) Selimname / / by Hoca Sadeddin Efendi ; edited by Hakkı Erdem Çıpa.

• Superior document: Islamicate intellectual history ; Volume 7
• VerfasserIn: Sadeddin, Hoca, 1536-1599,
• TeilnehmendeR: Çıpa, H. Erdem, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English; Turkish
• Series: Islamicate intellectual history ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Saʿdeddīn Efendi was a renowned Ottoman chief jurisconsult, influential statesman, eminent scholar, and prolific translator of Arabic and Persian works into Turkish. Prognostic Dreams, Otherworldly Saints, and Caliphal Ghosts: Hoca Saʿdeddīn Efendi's (d. 1599) "Selimname" comprises a critical edition, English translation, and a facsimile of his hagiographic work on controversial Ottoman sultan Selim I ("the Grim"). Saʿdeddīn's Selimname consists of a preface and twelve anecdotes in which Selim I is portrayed as a divinely ordained sultan who delves into the realm of meditation, communicates with otherworldly saints and the "rightly guided" caliphs, and foretells the future.

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgments -- ‎Note to the Reader -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. The Author: Saʿdeddīn Efendi's Life and Career -- ‎2. The Oeuvre: Saʿdeddīn Efendi's Literary Production -- ‎3. Selīmnāme in Context -- ‎4. Selīmnāme in Content -- ‎5. A Note on Selīmnāme's Intended Audience -- ‎6. Extant Manuscripts, Previous Scholarship, and This Edition -- ‎Symbols, Spelling, and Vocalization -- ‎1. Symbols -- ‎2. Spelling and Vocalization -- ‎Selīmnāme in Transcription -- ‎Selīmnāme in Translation -- ‎Anecdote ⟨1⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨2⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨3⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨4⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨5⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨6⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨7⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨8⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨9⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨10⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨11⟩ -- ‎Anecdote ⟨12⟩ -- ‎Selīmnāme in Facsimile (MS Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Diez A, Oct. 79) -- ‎Works Cited -- ‎Institutional Abbreviations -- ‎Abbreviations of Journals and Encyclopaedias -- ‎Abbreviations of Selīmnāme MSS -- ‎Abbreviations of Modern-Era Publications of Selīmnāme -- ‎Sources -- ‎Studies -- ‎Index.