• Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7920
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 3 texts 196 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 196 ff. Dimensions : 213 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the following three texts :. (I) f 1r : A poem giving the date of the birth of Mehmet Neşet Efendi in the form of a chronogram;. (II) ff 1v-194v : Sergüzeşt, a work by Abdülbaki Efendi, Lalizade, called Sarih-i Mesnevi (died 1159 AH/1746-47 CE), on the practices and beliefs of dervish orders such as those of the Malamatiye, Bayramiye, and Nakşbandiye, including (ff 184v-188v) two mesneviler entitled Meslek el-uşşak, the first being by the author's grandfather Abdullah. The date of completion, 1156 AH (1743-44 CE) appears on f 194v. It was copied by Mehmet, known as Kayımzade, at the order of the İmam of the Hacci Hamze Cami named Hacci Lutfullah in 1171 AH (1757-78 CE);. (III) ff 195v-196r : Risale-i Şeyh Murat Mehmet-i Masum. This text was copied in a different hand of approximately the same date as text II. The volume contains a single unvan.

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For more information on the author of Sergüzeşt, see OM I, p. 159, where this work, however, is not mentioned.