Divan-i Rıza - ديوان رضا

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12397
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1199
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 94 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 94 ff. Dimensions : 223 mm x 147 mm. Ruling : No text frames, most text arranged in two columns, occasionally coming back into one column. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with red ink for the name 'Rıza' or words based on it.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the Divan of Mustafa Rıza Neccarzade, a Nakşibendi Şeyh who died in 1159 AH (1746-47 CE). There is considerable graffiti and marginalia on ff 1r-3r and ff 93r-94r. The manuscript was copied by el-Fakir el-Seyit Mustafa İbnü'l-Seyit İbrahim Hakpay-i Hankah-i Mustafa Paşa towards the end of Şaban 1199 AH (late June-early July 1783 CE).

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 26 August 1959.

Related Material

Other Divanlar by Mustafa Rıza Neccarzade can be found at Or 7188, Or 11069, Or 12004, Or 12119, and Or 14002. For more information on the poet, see HOP IV, p. 89; OM II, p. 187; Salim, p. 305; and Safai.