[Two Ottoman Turkish works]

This volume contains two works :. ff 1v-50v : Divan-i Haşmet Efendi, comprising the poetic works of Haşmet Efendi (died 1182 AH/1768-69 CE), without the preface of the editor, İmamzade. It opens with a kaside and continues with kasideler, muhammesat and other poems until f 46v, when the first gazel appears;. ff 51v - 88r : Münşeat-i Kani Efendi, a compilation of the letters of Ebu Bekr Kani (died 1208 AH/1793-94 CE). This collection of letters, which is generally of a lighter and more personal quality than those found in other copies (particularly Or 7140 and Or 12043) begins with a prose preface in which the compiler states that Kani surpasses Nabi as a stylist just as the latter excels Veysi. The name Habeşizade appearing in a poem on f 52v may be the compiler of this collection of letters. The codex was likely produced in the 18th or 19th century CE.

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This volume was bequeathed to the British Museum by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

For more work by the author of text 1, please see Or 1153, Or 6909 (text 3) and Or 7122. For more information on text 1, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 204; HOP IV, p. 140; Fetin, p. 91. Letters by Kani can be found in Or 1168, Or 7141, Or 12043 and Add MS 19365. For more information on text 2 and its author, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 102, Flügel I, p. 274; Aumer, p. 61.