Divan-i Ragıp - ديوان راغب

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8008
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 40 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 40 ff. Dimensions : 200 mm x 128 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (died 1176 AH/1762-63 CE), consisting of the following sections:. (I) (ff 1v-37r) : Gazeller;. (II) (ff 37r-39v) : Tahmisat, on the poems of Şevket, Saip, and Nabi, followed, without a heading, by Rubaiyat (f 39v) and various beyitler, some of which are in Persian (f 40r). The manuscript was copied in the 19th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1914.

Related Material

For other copies of texts containing the poetry of Mehmet Ragıp Paşa, see Or 6248, Or 7182, Or 7198 text 1, Or 9472, Or 10952, Or 12185, and Or 14242. For more information on the author, see OM II, p. 190; GO, pp. 288-89; and Gibb IV, p. 92.

Bibliography

The Divan was published at Bulaq in 1252 AH (1837 CE).