XVIII. yüzyıl mutasavvıf şairlerinden olan Suyolcu-zâde Nehrî Ahmed, Tekirdağlıdır. Tekirdağ Kâdiriyye Tekkesi mürşidi Suyolcu-zâde Şeyh Mehemmed 'in oğludur. Mustafa ve Mahmûd isimlerinde iki kardeşi daha olduğu bilinen Nehrî Ahmed, babasının vefatından sonra tekkede post-nişîn olmuştur. Burada görevli bulunduğu zaman zarfında önemli hizmetlerde bulunan Nehrî, Hac ibadeti sonrası, memleketine döndükten kısa bir müddet sonra vefat etmiştir . Nehrî'den sonra Tekirdağ Kâdiriyye Tekkesi'ndeki irşâd vazîfesini oğlu Mehemmed Muslihuddîn üstlenmiştir. Seyyid Sırrı Ali'nin Tuhfe-i Rûmî adlı mesnevîsi, Tekirdağ'daki Kâdiriyye meşâyihi hakkında ayrıntılı bilgiler vermesi münâsebetiyle makâlemiz açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bursalı Mehmed Tâhir, Nehrî'nin iki eseri olduğu bilgisini vermektedir. Bunlardan ilki, vahdet-i vücûda dair bir eserdir. Bu eser şu an itibarıyla elimizde bulunmamaktadır. İkinci eser ise makâlemize konu olan Dîvânçe'dir. Eserin tespit edebildiğimiz tek nüshası Vatikan Kütüphanesi, Türkçe Yazmalar, No: 235'te kayıtlıdır. Dijital nüshasına ulaştığımız Dîvânçe'de Türkçe, Arapça ve Farsça şiirler bulunmaktadır. Suyolcu-zâde Ahmed bu şiirlerde, Nehrî mahlasını kullanmıştır. Bu makâlede, Dîvânçe'de yer alan 45 Türkçe şiir transkribe edilmiş; şiirlerde yer alan âyet, hadîs ve Arapça ibârelerin anlam ve kaynakları dipnotlarda belirtilmiştir. Kâdiriyye tarîkatı şeyhi olan Nehrî'nin şiirlerinde, tarîkatın pîri Abdülkâdir-i Geylânî ve Rûmiyye kolunun kurucusu kabul edilen İsmail Rûmî'nin yanı sıra Niyâzî-i Mısrî ismi de dikkat çekmektedir. Mutasavvıf şairimiz, Mısrî'ye yazdığı nazîre ve tahmîslerin yanında, bir şiiri baştan sona Mısrî medhiyesine ayırmıştır

Suyolcu-zâde Nehrî Ahmed, one of the sufi poets of 18th century is from the city of Tekirdağ. He is the son of Suyolcu-zâde Sheikh Mehemmed who is the mentor of Kâdiriyye Dergâh in Tekirdağ. Nehrî Ahmed who has two brothers named Mustafa and Mahmud becomes a “post-nişin”, the spiritual head of the sect, after the death of his father. Nehrî provided significant services while he was in this Dergâh and died after he turned back from the duty of Hajj . After the death, his son Mehemmed Muslihuddin takes the responsibility of the mission of mentoring in Kâdiriyye Dergâh in Tekirdağ. The masnawi namely Tuhfe-i Rûmî by Seyyid Sırrı Ali carries high importance for our paper in terms of giving detailed information about sheiks of Kâdiriyye Dergâh in Tekirdağ. Mehmed Tâhir from Bursa states that Nehrî has two works. First is about the belief of the unity of existence. This work is not found for now. The second is Dîvânçe which is the subject of this paper. Only one copy that we could determine of this work is registered at Vatikan Library, Turkish Manuscripts, No: 235. There are both Turkish, Arabic and Persian poems in Dîvânçe, of which we could reach to a digital copy. Suyolcu-zâde Ahmed used the pen name of Nehrî in these poems. In this paper, 45 Turkish poems from Dîvânçe are transcripted. Meanings and sources of ayats, hadiths and Arabic terms in the poems are given as footnotes. The names of Abdülkâdir-i Geylânî, the main founder of the sect and İsmail Rûmî, the founder of the branch od Rûmîyye besides Niyâzî-i Mısrî are also take attention in Nehrî’s poems. Besides nazire and tahmis to Mısrî, this sufi poet writes praise for Mısrî in his one entire poem Name, pen name, and place of birth of Nehrî Suyolcu-zâde Ahmed Efendi, one of the sufi poets of 18th century, was from the city of Tekirdağ. The sufi poet used the pen name “Nehrî” in his poems. Family In the 42nd poem in his Dîvânçe, Nehrî mentioned that his father’s name was Şeyh Mehemmed Efendi. Suyolcu-zâde Şeyh Mehemmed was a mentor of Kâdiriyye Dergâh in Tekirdağ and he was one of the most prominent sheiks of the era. Nehrî’s father Suyolcu-zâde Şeyh Mehemmed was martyred at the end of this poem, date of his death is mentioned as 1155/1742-43. Couplets in Tuhfe-i Rûmî’, mention that Şeyh Mehemmed killed with gun in dervish lodge during prayer. Date of his death is also stated as 1155 in this work.Suyolcu-zâde Şeyh Mehemmed had three sons named Ahmed, Mustafa and Mahmûd. The eldest was Ahmed. His middle son, Mustafa died in 1153/1740 because of a disease while his father was still alive. His youngest son was Mahmûd. In Tuhfe-i Rûmî, it is mentioned that Nehrî had another son named Mehemmed Muslihuddîn and Nehrî died when his son was a little child. Religious Sect and Services Mehmed Tâhir from Bursa stated that Nehrî, about whom there is only a limited information, was one of the sheiks in the branch of İsmail Rûmî of the sect of Kâdiriyye. In different poems of his Dîvânçe, he praised the founder of this sect Abdülkâdir-i Geylânî (d. 561/1165-66), and İsmail Rûmî (d. 1041/1631), who was the founder of the branch of Rûmiyye in this sect. These praises clearly show his initiation. Nehrî Ahmed, had completed his spiritual education when his father was alive. After Sheikh Mehemmed’s death, Sheikh Vâhidî from the branch of Rûmiyye assigned him as the “post-nişîn”, the main sheikh of the lodge. Seyyid Sırrı Ali stated that he had significant services and made significant contributions to the lodge. To illustrate a minaret was established, water was brought to the lodge, the stage for prayers was expanded and the lodge became a prosperous place during his period. According to the information obtained from Tuhfe-i Rûmî, Nehrî went to Mecca to complete his duty of pilgrimage and visited “Ravza” (a special place between the tomb and mimbar of Islamic prophet Mohammad Mustafa) of prophet Mohammed in Madinah. Death Nehrî Ahmed completed his pilgrimage and went back to his hometown and after a short time he died in Tekirdağ in 1182/1768-69. In the 30th poem in his Dîvânçe, he mentioned his death. He stated the date of his death through traditional abjad calculation in the last couple of his poem which is made of a total of 7 couplets. Seyyid Sırrı Ali also stated that Nehrî mentioned the date of his death through a poem which is also written on the tombstone of Nehrî. Works Mehmed Tâhir of Bursa, mentions two works of Nehrî. He states that the first of these two works is about the unity of existence. Although there is no copy of such a work, based on his poems. It can be said that he embraced the understanding of the unity of existence. The second work of Nehrî is Dîvânçe, which will be presented as a transcription text in the article. Dîvânçe Copy Characterization As far as we could determine, there is only one copy of Nehrî’s Dîvânçe. The work is registered in Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Turko 235. Ettore Rossi prepared a catalogue about the Turkish manuscripts in this library and the work was published in 1953. We could reach the digital copy of the work which is made of 40 leaves and kept in a leather cover. The size of the work is 212x132 mm. Its text is written in the shape of nesta’lik, with 18 lines in double columns. The first and last couplets of his work are as such: لقد الح مشس احلق برقا على الورى /1b/ أضاءت به ما حوله الشام و الصنعاء /40b/ Göñül mülkini şÀd eyle efendim õerre şevúiñle Bu Nehrí bendeñe feyøiñ sezÀdır Óaøret-i Mıãrí There are 45 Turkish poems in Nehrî’s Dîvânçe. There are also Arabic and Persian poems in the work. Also the name of Niyâzî-i Mısrî attracts attention in the poems of Nehrî, the sheikh of the sect of Kâdiriyye besides Abdülkâdir-i Geylânî and İsmail Rûmî. Nehrî wrote “nazire” (a poem written by a poet who takes another poet’s work as a model) and “tahmis” (a poem which consists of parts containing five verses of which the last two verses are the couplets from another poet) to Mısrî besides a poem that was especially written as praise for him.