[Two Ottoman Turkish Divans]

This volume contains the following two divans:. ff 1v-44r : Divan-i Şerif, the collected poetry of Mehmet Şerif Efendi, who became Şeyh ül-İslam and died in 1204 AH (1789-90 CE). The first part of the Divan consists of a münacat, followed by na't (some in the form of rubaiyat), a tahmis (f 3r), a kaside (f 3v), and chronograms (ff 4v-11v). After this come the gazeller (ff 12v-40r), followed by more tahmisat (ff 40r-42r), matali (ff 42r-43r), and elğaz (ff 43v-44r);. ff 45v-71r : Divan-i Fıtnat Hanım, the collected poetry of Fıtnat Hanım, who died in 1194 AH (1780 CE). It begins with a na't, followed by tahmis (ff 46r-47r), a bahariye (f 47r), other kasideler and chronograms (ff 47v-59v), and then gazeller (ff 59v-67v), which are interspersed to wards the end with other poems, including a tahmis on a gazel of Cevri and a müseddes. After this we have şarkılar, elğaz and muammayat (ff 67v-70v), Gazeliyat-i Nevakis (f 69r), müfredat (f 70v), a kıt'a, a poem with the caption Fıtnat-i müşarün ileyhinin asarından olarak sonradan ele geçen sebt kılındı and a mesnevi. The text contains 4 unvans. The manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.

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Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Another copy of text I can be found at Or 14089 text I. Other copies of text II can be found at Or 7369, Or 12139, and Or 14089 text II. For more information on the first poet, please see Fatin, p. 214 and SO III, p. 142. For more information on the second poet, please see OM I, p. 368; HOP IV, p. 150; GOD IV, p. 505; Fatin, pp. 330-31.