[Külliyat-i Sabit] - [كليات ثابت]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7192
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1148
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 183 ff Materials : French paper. Foliation : Western, 183 ff. Dimensions : 216 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nastaliq. Watermarks : Several that would indicate French origin of the paper.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Sabit (Alaeddin) of Bosnia (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE). It consists of the following sections:. ff 1v-135v : Divan-i Sabit, beginning with the mi'raciye (ff 1v-4r), followed by na't and kasideler (ff 4r-44v); chronograms (ff 45r-53r); terciibentler and tahmisat (ff 53v-57r); gazeller (ff 58v-123r); mukataat and rubaiyat (ff 123v-128r); matali (ff 128v-131v); elğaz (ff 132v-133v); a satirical poem entitled Der hakk-i Şikari with a kıt'a as a postscript (ff 134r-135r); and a takriz in verse of Kami Edirnevi on the Ethem ü Hüma;. ff 126v-162r : The Ethem ü Hüma or Ethemname, a romantic mesnevi. There are lacunae and blank folios between ff 153v-155r;. ff 163v-174v : Zafername, a mesnevi in honour of Selim Giray Han's exploits in the war against the Austrians;. ff 175v-178r : Hikayet-i Berberiye or Berbername, a humourous mesnevi;. ff 178v-182v : Hikayet-i Hoca Fesat or Derename, another work similar to the previous one;. ff 182v-183v : Hikayet-i Amr İbn-i Leys, a short mesnevi. The text contains 4 unvans. The manuscript was copied by Süleyman İbnü'l-Hacc Ahmet el-İzmiri in 1148 AH (1735-36 CE).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Related Material

Other külliyat and divans of Sabit can be found at Add MS 7928, Or 1160, 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.

Bibliography

Sabit, Zafername-i Sabit (Kostantiniye: Matbaa-yi Ebüzziya, 1299 [1882]). Sabit, Zafername-i Sabit (İstanbul: Matbaa-yi Ebüzziya, 1311 [1893]).