Külliyat-i Sabit - كليات ثابت

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Add MS 7928
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 120 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 120 ff. Dimensions : 216 mm x 121 mm. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Sabit (Alaeddin) of Bosnia (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE). He belonged the Ulema and was appointed successively the Kadı of Bosnia, Konya and Diyarbakır. It consists of the following sections:. ff 1v-4r : Kaside in praise of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم;. ff 4r-7v : Hikayet-i Söz Ebesi, the rake of Rodoscık, a humorous mesnevi;. ff 7v-9v : Berbername, a humorous mesnevi;. ff 9v-11v : A terciibent addressed to the Müfti with a prayer for promotion;. ff 11v-14r : Mi'raciye, a poem on the ascension of the Prophet Muhammad ص;. ff 14r-43v : Kasideler, several of which are in praise of the Müfti Feyzullah (1101-15 AH/1689-1704 CE), who appears to have been the author's patron;. ff 43v-91r : Gazeller in alphabetical order;. ff 91r-95r : Chronograms for contemporary events, with dates ranging from 1091 AH (1679-80 CE) to 1115 AH (1703-04 CE), and, in marginal additions, 1118 AH (1706-07 CE);. ff 95r-97r : Rubaiyat;. ff 97r-102v : Matali and a muhammes;. ff 102v-120v : Ethemname, a mesnevi on the great Sufi notable İbrahim Ethem. A prologue, rather longer than the poem proper, contains eulogies on the reigning Sultan Mustafa II and on the Müfti Feyzullah. The manuscript was copied in the 17th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.

Other Finding Aids

Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 202.

Related Material

Other külliyat and divans of Sabit can be found at Or 1160, Or 7192, Or 7193, Or 7195 text 1, Or 10883 text I, and Or 12578 text 1. For more information on the poet, please see Rypka, Beitrage zur Biographie Charakteristik und Interpretation des türk. Dichters Sabit (Prague, 1924); OM II, p. 118; Salim, p. 190; HOP IV, p. 14). For more information on Ethem ü Hüma, please see Rypka, J., ''Über Sabits romantisches Epos Edhem ü Hüma,'' Archiv Orientální, 1 (1929), pp. 147-190.