Surname-yi Vehbi - سورنامۀ وهبی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7218
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 123 ff Materials : Paper, some sheets of which are tinted various colours. Foliation : Western, 123 ff. Dimensions : 225 mm x 130 mm. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an account in mixed prose and verse by Hüseyin Vehbi (died 1149 AH/1736-37 CE) of the elaborate festivities held in 1132 AH (1720 CE) to mark the circumcision of the four sons of Ahmet III and the marriage of five princesses of whom three were daughters of Ahmet III. The text contains a single unvan. The first folio contains an inscription attributing the copying of the manuscript to a calligrapher named Yümni. It was likely produced in the 18th century CE.

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Related Material

Divans by Vehbi can be found at Or 7215 and Or 7216. For more information about the festivities described in this text, please see Blochet S. 1284; Flügel II, p. 283; and Babinger, p. 271.