[Külliyat-i Nabi] - [كليات نابى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7158
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 6 texts 362 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 362 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 150 mm. Script : Talik, Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the works of Nabi (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE) divided into the following sections :. ff 1v-41r : Hayriye or Hayriname, a didactic mesnevi written for the instruction of the author's son, Ebü'l Hayr;. ff 42v-92r : Hayrabad, a similar mesnevi, with a romantic element, completed in 1117 AH (1705-06 CE), according to a chronogram at the end of the work;. ff 92r-112r : Mesneviler, including one poem that bears the title Gülşen-i devlet;. ff 112v-152v : Kasideler and na't;. ff 153v-305v : Gazeller;. ff 306r-362r : The remaining poems of the Divan, including mukattaat (ff 306r-311v); rubaiyat (ff 312r-323r); müfredat (ff 323r-327v); muammayat (ff 327v-336v); elğaz (ff 336v-340r); chronograms and tahmisat (ff 340r-362r). The text contains three unvans. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century and the calligraphy is divided into two sections : talik (ff 1v-152v; 303r-362r) and nastaliq (ff 153v-302v).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1909.

Related Material

Other copies of various texts included in this volume can be found as follows:. Text 1: Or 3290 text I; Or 7159 text II; Or 7075, Or 7165; Add MS 5985; and Add MS 7904 text I. Texts 4-6 : Or 407, Or 1161, Or 7159 text 4, Or 7162, Or 7163, Or 10953 text I, Or 12481, and Add MS 7920. For more information about text 1, please see GO, pp. 237-39; OM II, p. 448; Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 201; HOP II, p. 332; Karatay II, p. 174; and Rossi, p. 171.