This volume contains the following works by Münif Mustafa Efendi (died 1156 AH/1743-44 CE):. ff 1v-10v : A biographical sketch of the author, with specimens of his prose and verse;. ff 11v-20v : Zafername, an account of the Ottoman victory at Belgrade in 1152 AH (1739-40 CE), ending with a kaside. In the Vienna copy, there are two works of this nature described, the Fethiye in prose and the Zafername in verse. The latter is, however, in prose interspersed with verses in the current copy and the one found in the Vatican;. ff 21v-25r : An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Ḥadīth-i arbaᶜīn of Jāmī. The Arabic text is provided first, followed by the Ottoman Turkish translation in verse;. ff 25v-83v : Divan, subdivided into kasideler (ff 25v-50r), tahmisat (ff 50r-56v), chronograms (ff 57r-64r); a tazmin on Urfi (f 64v), and gazeller (ff 64v-76v), followed by miscellaneous poems such as kıt'alar, du-beytler and also rubaiyat (ff 77v-79r), müfredat (ff 79v-82r) a mesnevi entitled Mektub-i manzum (ff 82v-83v), and letters (ff 83v-87r). The text contains three unvans. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 7156
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- 4 texts 87 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 87 ff. Dimensions : 263 mm x 149 mm. Script : Nastaliq.
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Bequethed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.