POET AND TRANSLATOR EMIN YUMNÎ FROM SULAYMANIYAH AND HIS WORKS

Abstract

After the city of Sulaymaniyah was founded in 1784 by the Emir of Baban, İbrahim Pasha, it soon became a center of science and culture. In the 19th century, many intellectuals came out of Sulaymaniyah and became pioneers in many fields from high-ranking administrators to scientific-cultural studies within the Ottoman state system. One of these bureaucrats and intellectuals from Sulaymaniyah is Emin Yumnî Efendi, a poet, writer and translator who worked in many jobs in the Ottoman state, from civil servants to translators, from consulates to judicial judges (1845-1924). Emin Yumnî has been to many countries due to his duties in the Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has always been busy with literature and science during these times. Emin Yumnî has two poetry books named Terkib-i Bend û Perde-i Esrar and he wrote these works in Turkish and takhmis (rewrote) the diwan of Hafız-ı Şîrazî in Persian. He has also translated several story-based books from Persian to Turkish. No scientific study has been conducted on Emin Yümni's works and life, and he has not been properly introduced to the scientific world. In this study, Emin Yumni's life will be examined and the works he wrote and translated will be introduced one by one.