Cezire-yi Mesnevi - جزيرۀ مثنوى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7138
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1058
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 74 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 74 ff. Dimensions : 205 mm x 120 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains selected verses from Rumi's Mesnevi along with commentary on them in Ottoman Turkish, presented in the form of a terkibibent by Cevri İbrahim Çelebi (died 1065 AH/1654-55 CE). The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript is an autograph and was copied for the Grand Vezir el-Hacc (Sufi) Mehmet Paşa in 1058 AH (1648-49 CE).

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Related Material

Other copies of this manuscript can be found at Or 7139 and Or 11232. For more information on the complier of the text, please see OM II, p. 126.