Şem u pervane - شمع و پروانه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11262
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1000
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 175 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 175 ff. Dimensions : 215 mm x 140 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a mystical mesnevi by Zati (died 953 AH/1546-47 CE). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 1000 AH (1591-92 CE) for Mustafa İbn-i Kubat, whose bequest, making the manuscript a vakıf, is written at the beginning and end of the work.

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Related Material

Another copy of the Şem u pervane can be found at Or 7228. Other works by Zati include his Divan (Or 7226, Or 7227); and the Reşadü'l-İbad (Or 7467). For more information on the author Zati, see OM II, p. 410; HOP III, p. 47; and SO II, p. 341.