Tezkire-yi şuara-yi Mevlviye - تذكرۀ شعراء مولوية

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7061
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 211 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 211 ff. Dimensions : 202 mm x 130 mm. Script : Nesih, inclining to rık'a.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the biographies of 196 poets belonging to the Mevlevi order with selections from their works and was compiled by Mehmet Esrar Dede. The original draft of the work was completed by Galip Dede, Şeyh of the Mevlevihane at Galata. This manuscript was copied by the Mevlevi Derviş Mehmet İzzet, probably in the 19th century CE.

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Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 13349. For the Divan of the author of the expanded version of this Tezkire, see Or 7090 and Or 13350. An incomplete copy of the Divan is found at Or 7091. More information on Mehmet Esrar Dede can be found at HOP IV, pp. 207-11; OM II, pp. 80-81; SO I, pp. 329-30; YDK III, pp. 870-73; and Aksoy, Hasan, 'Esrar Dede: Tezkire-yi Şuarâ-yı Mevleviyye adlı eseriyle tanınan mutasavvıf şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 23 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/esrar-dede.