This volume contains a series of religious and moral reflections in mixed prose and verse illustrated by anecdotes. The rhymed and ornate prose is among the earliest of its kind in Ottoman literature. The author, Yusuf Sinan Paşa, died in 891 AH (1486 CE). The last folio, which most have contained only 2-3 lines of text, is missing and has been supplied in a later hand. On the end papers there are two records of births dated 1059 AH (1649-50 CE). Thus the manuscript would seem to have been copied during the first half of the 17th century CE. There is some waterstaining of the folios.
Tazarruat-ı Sinan Paşa - تضرعات سنان پاشا.
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 7295
- Dates of Creation
- Early 17th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 174 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 174 ff. Dimensions : 200 mm x 127 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : The binding bears the Star and Crescent and, on the reverse, a trophy of arms and flags with the tuğra of Abdülhamit II (?).
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.
Bibliography
Sinan Paşa, Tazarruat-ı Sinan Paşa (İstanbul : Matbaa-yı Ebüzziya, 1309 [1892]). (a partial edition)