Tezkire-yi Esrar Dede - تذکرۀ اسرار دده

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13349
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1278
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 170 ff Material : Azure-tinted paper. Foliation : European, 170 ff. Dimensions : 255 mm x 165 mm. Script : Talik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains biographical notices and selected poems of Mevlevi poets, compiled by Mehmet Esrar Dede (died 1211 AH/1796-97 CE). This manuscript was copied by Seyit Ali Rıza İbn-i Mustafa Nuri el-Üsküdari in Muharrem 1278 AH (July-August 1861 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Ad Orientem Ltd. in May 1972.

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 7061. The author's Divan can be found at Or 7090, Or 7091 (incomplete), and Or 13350. More information on Mehmet Esrar Dede can be found at HOP IV, pp. 207-11; OM II, pp. 80-81; SO I, pp. 329-30; YDK III, pp. 870-73; and Aksoy, Hasan, 'Esrar Dede: Tezkire-yi Şuarâ-yı Mevleviyye adlı eseriyle tanınan mutasavvıf şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 23 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/esrar-dede.