Hadikatu's-suada - حديقة السعداء

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7301
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 16th century-Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 266 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 266 ff. Dimensions : 240 mm x 160 mm. Script : Nastaliq. Binding : The binding is likely from a slightly later date than the text itself.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a history of the holy martyrs of the family of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم composed by Fuzuli (died 1555 CE). The text is imperfect at the end. There are numerous illustrations throughout the text, some of which have been defaced in places: ff 7v, 15v, 19v, 29v, 40v, 65r, 103v, 151r, 190r, 235r, 255v. The text also includes a single unvan. The manuscript was likely copied in the late 16th or early 17th centuries CE.

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Related Material

Other copies of this work can be found at Or 8447, Or 8448, Or 11128 text I, Or 12009 (illustrated), Or 13569, Add MS 7854, Add MS 10001, Add MS 11528, and Add MS 18809. For more on Füzuli, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 39-40; Hammer, Geschichte des Osmanischen Dichtkunst, II, p. 293, and the Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 659b. For more on Ahdi's account, see Add MS 7876 f 138, and Haj. Khal. III, p. 41.

Bibliography

The Hadikatu's-suada has been printed at Bulaq in 1253 AH (1837-38 CE) and 1261 AH (1845 CE) and in Istanbul in 1273 AH (1856-57 CE).