A Seventeenth Century Mevlevî Poet: Sâbir Pârsâ (His Biography and Works)

Abstract

Sâbir Pârsâ, a seventeenth century Mevlevi poet, was born in Gelibolu. He joined the way of Mevlevi by means of his uncle Ağa-zade Muhammed Efendi. After his uncle's death Sâbir became the sheykh of Gelibolu Mevlevi-hane in place of his because of the prohibition of ''sema'" he left this task and became professor and judge in different places. So me time later, he turned to form er his duty. He was successful in Persian poetry as well as in Turkish poetry. In this study Sabir Parsa's
life. art and works will be described and assessed.