Tuhfetü'l-uşşak - تحفة العشاق

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7115
  • Dates of Creation
    • 15th century-16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 45 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 45 ff. Dimensions : 145 mm x 95 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an allegorical mesnevi by Hamdi (Hamdullah Çelebi, died 914 AH/1509 CE). The manuscript was likely copied in the 15th or 16th century CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

For more information on the poem, see HOP II, p. 191; Rossi, p. 84; OM II, pp. 135-36; and İstanbul Kütüphaneleri Türkçe Hamseler Kataloğu (1961).