Münşeat - منشئات.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7160
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 146 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 146 ff. Dimensions : 199 mm x 145 mm. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the letters of Nabi Efendi, collected and edited after his death by Habeşizade, with a preface by the latter. The first part consists of complimentary addresses, the second contains mostly letters addressed to Silahdar Ali Paşa, the poet's patron. The text contains one unvan. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century.

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Related Material

For other copies of the same letters, please see Add MS 7888 and Or 7161. For more information on the poet and his letters, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 100; and Rossi, p. 333.