Divan-i Nabi - ديوان نابى

This volume contains the collected poetry of Nabi. In a versified prologue to the gazeller (f 70v), Nabi states that a collection of his poems made by some learned man (who is not named) in Istanbul had become incomplete, given the number of poem he had composed since its compilation, and that Silahdar İbrahim Paşa, Treasurer of the Sultan, after his arrival at Halep (Aleppo), took upon himself the trouble to compile a new collection, assigning to each poem its proper place. This must have taken place a few years before Nabi's death, for the Divan includes a chronogram for the birth of Şehzade Sultan İsa, a son of Ahmet III, born in 1117 AH (1705-06 CE). The contents of this Divan are: kasideler, including poems in praise of the reigning Sultan Ahmet III; of his predecessor Mustafa II; of Musahip Mustafa Paşa, the author's first patron (died 1095 AH/1683-84 CE); of the Grand Vezir Hüseyin Paşa (Köprülü, 1109-14 AH/1697-1703 CE); Grand Vezir Daltaban Mustafa Paşa (1114 AH/1702-03 CE); Grand Vezir Kalaili el-Hacc Ahmet Paşa (1116 AH/1704-05 CE); and of other dignitaries (ff 4v-40r); Muhammesat (ff 40r-42r); Chronograms for contemporary events (ff 42r-55r); Mesneviler (ff 55r-70v); and Gazeller in alphabetical order, with a prologue entitled Der beyan-i sebab-i telif-i in divan-i belağat-i unvan, to which is prefixed a rubai. A rubai is similarly prefixed to the letter elif and to each of the succeeding letters (70v-198r). Several additional pieces are also written in the margins of the text. The manuscript was copied in the early 18th century CE.

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Acquired from the collection of George W. Hamilton.

Other copies of these poems can be found in Or 7158 texts 4-6, Or 7159 text 4, Or 1161, and Add MS 7920. For more information on the author's patron, see Geschichte des Osmanlisches Reiches VI, p. 765. The contents of the Divan are also stated by Hammer in GOD IV, pp. 51-52.