[Divan-i Aşık Ömer] - [ديوان عاشق عمر]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11263
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 144 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 144 ff. Dimensions : 272 mm x 178 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled columns. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of the popular folk poet Aşık Ömer (died 1119 AH/1707-08 CE), consisting of the following items:. The Tuyurname (ff 1v-4r); a terciibent (ff 4r-v); poems of the same form as the Tuyurname entitled Yaşname (ff 4v-6r); İsmname (ff 6r-7v); Dastan-i Aşık (ff 7v-8v); a kaside, gazeller, muhammasat, and other poems (ff 8v-12r); Mahsarname (ff 12r-26r); Burucname (ff 26r-28v); Muamma-i Aşık Ömer (ff 28v-30r); Şairname (ff 30r-32v); other poems, including a series of gazeller and rubaiyat that are arranged alphabetically after f 57v, and finally a kaside-i mersiye (ff 33r-144v). The transcription of this copy does not appear to have been completed, although the last few folios have been ruled. This manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1930.

Related Material

Other poems by Aşık Ömer can be found in Or 7078, Or 7244, Or 7250, and Add MS 7939. For more information on Aşık Ömer, see OM II, pp. 312-13; and YDK III, Fasc. 1, pp. 570-72; Ergun, Sadeddin Nüzhet, Aşık Ömer: hayatı ve şiirleri (İstanbul : Semih Lütfi Matbaası, [1935]).

Bibliography

The Divan has been published numerous times, including:. Aşık Ömer, Divan-i Aşık Ömer: nüsha-i asliyesinden yazılmış ve kenarında meşhur Şah Ismail hikâyesi (Der Saadet [Istanbul] : Ali Raif Efendi Matbaası, 1327 [1909]). Aşık Ömer, Divan-i Aşık Ömer (İstanbul : [publisher not identified], 1292 [1875]).