[Gencine-yi Raz] - [كنجنۀ راز]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Add MS 5979
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1002
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 83 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 83 ff. Dimensions : 197 mm x 114 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled margins. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the poem Gencine-yi Raz by Yahya Bey of the Dukagjini family of Albania. It was likely composed during his exile in the Sancak of Zvornik, Bosnia. It contains the same prose heading as the text in Or 1147, and was copied in Zulkaade 1002 AH (July-August 1594 CE).

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Acquired from the collection of Hilgrove Turner.

Other Finding Aids

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 182.

Related Material

For other copies of this text, please see Or 37, Or 1147 text 3, Or 1154 text 2, Or 1162, Or 7222 text 4, Or 7224, Or 7225, Or 12184, Or 16390, and Add MS 5979.