This volume contains the collected poetry of Murteza (Nazmizade Hüseyin Murteza Efendi, died 1134 AH/1721-22 CE). This copy has lost some folios at the beginning of the text. After the initial verses, the text passes to kasideler (ff 2r-3r) gazeller (ff 3r-8r), na't (ff 8r-11v), tahmisat (ff 11v-12v), chronograms (ff 12v-16r), and then rubaiyat and müfredat (ff 16r-18r). The transcription of the manuscript does not appear to have been complete and some poems have been added in another hand (occasionally diagonally) in the spaces left black at the end. These include three chronograms dated 1118 AH (1706-07 CE), 1122 AH (1710-11 CE), and 1123 AH (1711-12 CE), and poems by Baki and Füzuli. The manuscript likely copied in the 18th century CE.
[Divan-i Murteza] - [ديوان مرتضى]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 9821
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 23 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 23 ff. Dimensions : 202 mm x 120 mm. Ruling : Gold ruled text frames. Script : Talik.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Presented to the British Museum by R.S. Greenshields Esq. in 1927.