Abdurrahman Abdi's Şerh-i Divan-ı Urfi titled text (Analysis-critical text)

Abdurrahman Abdi is a statesman, an important history writer and poet who lived in the 17th century. Abdurrahman Abdi, who received a good education in Enderun, reflected the acquis he acquired both in Enderun and in literary-scientific assemblies to his works. Abdurrahman Abdi, who created the most important historical text of his period, also wrote important works in the genre of commentary as well as his poems. Commenting on Arabic and Persian works, which have a very important place in Islamic civilization, the commentator has produced important works that made a name for him in this field. In various biographical sources, it is reported that Abdurrahman Abdi wrote annotations on the Urfî Divan, and he is mentioned with praises such as "Şârih-i Urfî" and "hoş-terâne-i Rûm". As a result of the examinations, two copies of the work written by Abdurrahman Abdi, which includes the commentary of the qasidas and ghazals of Urfi, were found. There are many names who wrote commentaries on the Urfi Divan, and the main purpose of this study is to unearth and examine the commentary written by Abdi Pasha. Abdurrahman Abdi, who aimed to be beneficial to people, wanted to contribute to the teaching of Persian language with the work he wrote, and he clearly stated this in his work. The commentator, who used a simple and fluent language in the study that was initiated with the encouragement of Ahmed Ağa, benefited from many source texts while creating the commentary and he grounded the views he depended upon in his work, often by naming the works and authors, and created a great commentary text with great effort. The most important feature of Şerh-i Divan-ı Urfî is that the lexicon and other commentaries are utilized maximally as a commentary method, the ideas are compared and the same commentary method is meticulously maintained from the beginning to the end. In addition, this work has the feature of being one of the oldest commentaries on Urfî's poems/divan in Turkish literature. This means that the commentator wrote this commentary at a time when similar studies are not yet available. In other words, Abdi Pasha is one of the first names to write a commentary in the Turkish language for the Urfi Divan.