Ahmet İÇLİ

Many manuscripts written in Turkish with Arabic letters in the Ottoman period can be seen in different libraries of the world as well as in the Turkish libraries for the time being. The classification and presentation of these artifacts/magazines are among our important tasks. Because, each magazine definitely has a small detail that will offer an insight into the history. However, the magazines which contain poems belonging to some poets which we have not come across in biographical works and collections of bibliographies are important sources to shed light on the literature history. There is no information on biographical sources and collections of bibliographies about Âkib, who is estimated to have lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The only information belonging to the poet's existence is found in a magazine located in the Seyfettin Özege Manuscript Library of Erzurum Atatürk University. The information that Âkib is one of Sükûtî-zāde family is seen in the first poem “tahmis”, the act of adding three verses to the beginning of each couplet of a gazelle, belonging to the poet in the magazine mainly written in the talik calligraphy. There is no clear information as to whether the aforesaid Sükûtî is the poet Fennî Sükûtî who lived at that time, Ömer Sükûtî who was in charge as the Cadi, or another Sükutî. The date of birth and death of Âkib is also unknown, for which we do not know what the real name is, either. However, it is concluded that the poet is the poet of 17th century, at the earliest, based on the two tahmisses written in their gazelles by Nâîlî, one of the 17th century poets, and Âgâh, who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It is seen that the poets who have poetry in the magazine are mostly the 17th and 18th century poets. This gives us the clue that Âkib is an 18th century poet, at the latest. The poet's pseudonym is “عاقب = “Âkıb/Âkib; it is the present participle of the Arabic word “عقب ,“which means the one who comes from behind another one. The word, which also became an adjective to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) because he comes after the other prophets, also means the deputy of a person who is actually in charge of a mission and the one who is the next most authoritative person. Based on the fact that Âkib wrote tahmisses to poets such as Nâîlî and Âgâh and with reference to his style in his other gazelles, it can be said that Âkib is a poet who adopts the Sebk-i Hindî style. We have 23 gazelles, 2 tahmisses and 1 museddes of the poet who has a fluent style and a relaxed way of saying. In addition to these, there are a few couplets belonging to the poet in the magazine. In this work, Âkib’s poems found in the magazine will be transferred to the letters of our day after briefly giving information about the poet in the light of the available information.

Keywords: Âkib, Sükûtî, classical Turkish literature, poetry, magazine.