Şerh-i Kaside-i Muhrika - شرح قصيدۀ محرقة

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8880
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 89 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 89 ff. Dimensions : 201 mm x 130 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish commentary by Hicabi (Abdülbaki Efendi, died 1238 AH/1822-23 CE) on an Arabic kaside in praise of Ibn ᶜumar and in condemnation of al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf by İshak Cemaleddin el-Karamani. El-Karamani was a Sufi and the author of a tefsir. His death took place in 933 AH (1526-27 CE). The poem owes its title to the fact that when the author presented it to his Şeyh, Mehmet Kerrari, fire came out of the latter's mouth and his head began to change colour as though it were about to burst into flames. The Şeyh recovered after one hour and went into a deep sleep. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in the 19th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1921.

Related Material

For more information about Hicabi (Abdülbaki Efendi) see OM I, p. 64. For more information about İshak Cemaleddin el-Karamani, see Esma el-Müellifin I, p. 202, where his name is given as İshak Mehmet el-Karamani called Cemal el-Karamani. The İshak Karamani mentioned in OM I, p. 255 is a different person from the author of this book, having died in 1032 AH (1622-23 CE).