HOW MĪR CALĪ-ŠĪR NAVĀYĪ’S PERSIAN POETRY INFLUENCED THE POET-WARRIOR OTTOMAN SULTAN SELIM I (1512–1520)

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of Persian poetry in the work of Alisher Navoi and how much they were valued in the Ottoman Empire.  In particular, it is noted that Sultan Boyazid I (1481-1512), under the influence of Navoi ghazals, ordered the creation of works in the style of poetic poetry.  It is unclear whether these assumptions are based on explicit historical fact, but the author bases this assumption on the proximity of Ottoman poetry to Navoi's ghazals.  The author analyzes the work of Navoi, studying the work of the Ottoman ruler Sultan Selim I. The reason for this is that he was a contemporary of Navoi, better known for his Persian poems in poetry, and, most importantly, in the first half of the XVI^th century, the Ottoman literary critic Latīfī, a close  a contemporary of the Sultan, admitted that Selim was inspired by the poetry of Navoi.  Clarifies the issue under consideration.  The author also interprets ideas in terms of couplets.  Speaking about the activities of Sultan Selim I, it is said that most of his work was composed of poems, and most of them were answer poems.  The author also notes new discoveries in science using Selim's Persian ghazals, edited by Paul Horn.  The author's research confirms the similarity of couplets in the desired weight, as well as the fact that the size of seven-couplet verses in Navoi is five couplets in Selim's work, which gives the reader another novelty.