Hüsnü Dil - حسن و دل

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7149
  • Dates of Creation
    • 933
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 190 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 190 ff. Dimensions : 169 mm x 125 mm. Script : Nastaliq. Binding : Leather binding of nearly contemporary date.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish adaptation of Fattāḥī of Nīshāpūr's famous Persian mystical allegory of the same title by Lami'i Çelebi. The work is dedicated to Selim I, and is double the length of the Persian original, once the numerous verses by the author are included. The manuscript was copied in 933 AH (1526-27 CE).

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