Divan-i Ferdi - ديوان فردى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8111
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 73 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 73 ff. Dimensions : 207 mm x 152 mm. Script : Nesih with rık'a characteristics.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the poetry of Ferdi Abdullah Efendi (died 1274 AH/1857-58 CE). It begins with a na't (f 1v), followed by kasideler, chronograms and tahmisat ending on f 20r. One poem entitled Maktūb al-ᶜarabī baᶜd al-Basmalah (ff 12v-13v) (مكتوب العربي بعد البسمله) is in Arabic. The other section of the divan consists of gazeller (ff 20v-73r). Some of these are in Persian (ff 23r-25r), and the whole section includes several nazireler and ends with two müfredat (ff 73r-v).

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Related Material

For more information on the poet, see OM I, pp. 142-43; and Fatin, p. 328.