[Divan-i Lamekani Hüseyin Efendi] - [ديوان لامكانى حسين افندى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11267
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1096
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 109 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 109 ff. Dimensions : 202 mm x 124 mm. Script : Talik. Binding : Contemporary binding with stamped medallion.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Lamekani Hüseyin (died 1035 AH/1625-26 CE). The poems are not arranged in any particular order; gazeller, kasideler and münacat are all mixed together. The text begins with a mesnevi. This manuscript was copied by Şaban el-İmam İbn-i Zu'l-Fakar el-Derviş in 1096 AH (1625-26 CE).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1930.

Related Material

For more information on Lamekani Hüseyin, see Gölpınarlı, Abdülbaki, Melamilik ve Melâmîler (İstanbul: Kapı Yayınları, 2015); YDK II, p. 239; and OM I, p. 191.