Elegy for Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
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Elegy for Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent is a renowned Ottoman Turkish poem mourning the death and celebrating the legacy of Sultan Suleiman I.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman Turkish poem
ⓘ
elegy ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| about |
Ottoman imperial power
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commemoration of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ death of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | classical Ottoman literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic funerary literature
ⓘ
Ottoman court culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates | Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
example of Ottoman royal elegy
ⓘ
important work of Ottoman court poetry ⓘ |
| expresses |
grief over loss of ruler
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hope for divine mercy for Suleiman ⓘ loyalty to the sultan ⓘ |
| genre |
elegy
ⓘ
lament ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 16th-century Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| historicalRole | literary response to death of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Ottoman elite
ⓘ
imperial court ⓘ |
| language | Ottoman Turkish ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
hyperbolic praise
ⓘ
metaphor of light and darkness ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
funerary lament
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royal panegyric ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Ottoman divan poetry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Suleiman the Magnificent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultan Suleiman I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentions |
Suleiman’s justice and lawgiving
ⓘ
Suleiman’s military campaigns ⓘ |
| notableFor | mourning tone combined with political praise ⓘ |
| portraysAs |
ideal Islamic ruler
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just sultan ⓘ victorious conqueror ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Ottoman succession and dynastic continuity ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
legacy ⓘ mourning ⓘ praise of ruler ⓘ |
| workFocus |
justice of Suleiman the Magnificent
ⓘ
military achievements of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ piety of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ virtues of Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| workStatus | renowned ⓘ |
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