Dakaikü'l-hakaik - دقائق الحقائق

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11930
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 2 texts 114 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 114. Dimensions : 180 mm x 112 mm. Script : Nestalik. Binding : Contemporary binding with a sunken medallion.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a treatise on Persian synonyms with Ottoman Turkish explanations by Kemalpaşazade (died 940 AH/1533-34 CE). It is dedicated to Grand Vezir İbrahim Paşa. This is followed (ff 100v-114v) by the Risale-i yaiye, a grammatical tract by the same author. This manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1949.

Related Material

For other copies of text I, see Or 36 text I, and Add MS 7887 text I. For other copies of text II, see Or 36 text II. For more information on work, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 141-42. For more information about Kemalpaşazade, see Şakaik, f 132; Latifi, ff 32-34; Kınalizade, ff 36-40; Geschichte der Osmanlicher Dichtkunst, II, p. 205; and Gibb, Ottoman Poems, p. 191.