[Divan-i Nabi] - [ديوان نابى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7162
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 88 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 88 ff. Dimensions : 253 mm x 145 mm. Script : Nastaliq. Binding : The binding bears an all-over embossed floral design with double gold borders and the tuğra of Abdulhamit II (1876-1909 CE) in the centre.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poems of Nabi (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE) organized as follows :. ff 1v-27r : Longer poems including mesneviler and kasideler, beginning with a Persian na't-i şerif. The poems are not arranged in order of kafiye;. ff 27r-35v : Chronograms;. ff 36v-82r : Gazeller, organized by kafiye;. ff 82r-83r : Es'ar-i nakıs;. ff 83r-88r : Rubaiyat and mukattaat. The text contains two unvans. The manuscript was copied by Ahmet İbn-i Mustafa, also known as Esirizade el-Edirnevi, probably in the 18th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

Other copies of the poems included in this volume can be found in Add MS 7920, Or 407, Or 1161, Or 7158 texts 3-6, Or 7159 text 4, Or 7163, Or 10953 text I, and Or 12481.