[Two Ottoman Turkish Divans]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7184
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1157
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 2 texts 99 ff Materials : Paper, some tinted yellow or pink. Foliation : Western, 99 ff. Dimensions : 205 mm x 150 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled margins towards the end of the text. Script : Talik. Binding : Contemporary binding.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the following two Divans :. ff 2v-62r : Divan-i Raşit, the collected poetry of the Vak'anevis Mehmet Raşit, who died in 1147 AH (1734-35 CE) (according to Gibb, IV, p. 66) or in 1148 AH (1735-36 CE) (in GO, pp. 268-69 CE). The Divan opens with the Kaside-yi Tuğra, followed by other kasideler and gazeller (ff 14r-60r), and chronograms (ff 60r-62r);. ff 63v-99v : Divan-i Talip Efendi, the collected poetry of a poet whose name was Mehmet. The Divan opens with a single kaside dedicated to Feyzullah Efendi, after which gazeller follow (ff 64v-85v). Next is the Gazeliyat-i Farsi li-Azim (ff 85v-86r). The remainder of the Divan consists of rubaiyat (ff 86r-88v); matali (ff 88v-89r); chronograms (ff 89v-92v); a kaside (ff 92v-93r), a gazel by Talip (ff 93r-v); another kaside (ff 93v-97r); and finally a Persian kaside by Talip (ff 97v-99v) written diagonally in two columns within red-ruled borders. There are some blank folios after this. The manuscript contains one unvan. The last folio of the work bears the date 1157 AH (1744-45 CE), and both texts are in the same hand.

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

For another Divan-i Raşit, please see Or 7185. For more information on Raşit, see Gibb IV, p. 66; GO, pp. 268-69; Mehmet Emin Salim, Tezkere-i Salim (İstanbul: İkdam Matbaası, 1315/1898-99), pp. 260-63; OM II, p. 55; and VH IV, pp. 237-38. For more information on Talip Efendi, see VH IV, p. 23; Mehmet Emin Salim, Tezkere-i Salim (İstanbul: İkdam Matbaası, 1315/1898-99), p. 436; Gibb III, p. 323. For more information on Azim, see Mehmet Emin Salim, Tezkere-i Salim (İstanbul: İkdam Matbaası, 1315/1898-99), pp. 450-52.