İdrak Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi

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Caliph Ali has been loved and respected in every region where Muslim Turks live because he was the son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad and the son of his uncle. He was also elevated to a special position in Turkish literature with his valor, knowledge, and generosity. However, some sectarian approaches that have emerged in the Islamic world has caused the differentiation of Caliph Ali’s position in Turkish literature as well as his position in religious and social life. Especially after the establishment of the Safavid State in the geography of Azerbaijan, since the beginning of the 16th century, the acceptance of Shi'ism as an official sect has been a breaking point in Azerbaijani literature. Therefore, after the 16th century, some classical poets who grew up in Azerbaijani field began to express their admiration and devotion to Caliph Ali in a lyrical manner by carrying the love of Caliph Ali to the point of extravagance on a sectarian level in their poetry. Analyzing the sect-oriented poems of poets who produce works in this manner is important for a proper evaluation of the Azerbaijani field. Zevkī’s, one of the Azerbaijani poets who is presumed to have lived in the 17th century, also extensively included Shiah beliefs in his poems. The aim of this study is to examine some of the ghazals from Zevkī’s Diwan (collection of poems) written in Turkish and Persian on the subject of Caliph Ali in the context of Shi'ism and to reveal how Zevkī’s sectarian stance is reflected in his poems. For this purpose, Zevkī’s Diwan, the only copy of which is available in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France), was used. Based on the Turkish and Persian ghazals about Caliph Ali in Zevkī’s Diwan, it has been determined that Zevkî had an extreme Shiah belief.