Eş'ar - اشعار

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 16402
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1231
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 8 ff. Materials : Paper, with damp staining on 9v-10r. Dimensions : 157 mm x 111 mm. Foliation : Western. Ruling : Text boxes in gold leaf and black ink; 114 mm x 64 mm. Script : Nesih, frequently smudged. Ink : Black ink. Binding : Red leather binding with simple gilt tooled margin lines and dots.

Scope and Content

Two didactic religious poems. Neither their titles nor their authors have been identified. This manuscript contains many errors of spelling and orthography. 1 (1v-8v): On worship, doctrine, and ethics. Begins:. Besmelẹ Ḥaḳḳa şükridelim (sic) her bār * yaratdı ṣūreti (sic, i.e. ṣūret-i) insān. kim Oldur Fā'il-i Muhtār * Anuñ emrindẹ-dir ekvān. Ends:. Nedim fi'lim Aña lāyiḳ * degildir bilirem bāyiḳ. Velī Oldur saña lāyiḳ * idẹsin 'afv īlẹ ġufrān. 2 (8v-10r): On detachment from the world, and preparing for death with self-discipline and worship. Begins:. Eyā dünyāyı savub maġrūr olan * ḳulaḳ ṭut nā (sic, i.e. tā) direm ben saña inan. Gözüñ aç ġaflet içrẹ yatmạ ey dost * kị vaḳit olupdur (sic) kị göçẹ kervān. Ends:. Nebīyi ger velī ḳurtulmadı hīç * ölüm şerbetin içün virdiler cān. Other contents: 11r, Arabic verses commended as a vird (litany) to be recited daily after the dawn prayer; 12r, Arabic verses attributed to 'Abd-ullāh ibn Ravāḥạ, a Companion of the Prophet.

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