Tezkire-yi Güfti - تذکرۀ گفتی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12874
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1945
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 88 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 88 ff. Dimensions : 307 mm x 108 mm. Script : Rık'a.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the biographies of 103 Ottoman Turkish poets by Ali Güfti of Edirne, who died in 1088 AH (1677-78 CE). The work is in verse throughout. This manuscript was copied by Tahir Olgun, likely in Amid (Diyarbakır) in 1945.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son, Oxford, in July 1963.