This volume contains the first Divan, entitled the Varidatü'l-enika, of Mustafa İbn-i Ahmet, better known as Ali, the historian (died 1008 AH/1600 CE). It is dated 982 AH (1574 CE) in a chronogram at the end of the prose introduction (ff 1v-7r). The preface is followed by kasideler and other longer poems (ff 7r-97r) beginning with a na't. Some of the kasideler and other poems that were written on the margins of the folios have lost several verses through trimming (ff 82r-88v). A short prose tract entitled Bahr-i tavil is then found (ff 97r-98r), after which the remaining sections of the Divan consist primarily of gazeller (ff 98v-223v), mukattaat (ff 223v-228r), chronograms (ff 228r-229r), rubaiyat (ff 229r-230r), muammiyat (ff 230v-231r), and müfredat (ff 231r-v). This manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.
[Divan-i Ali] - [ديوان على]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 9851
- Dates of Creation
- 17th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 232 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 232 ff. Dimensions : 192 mm x 132 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled text frames. Script : Talik.
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Purchased by the British Museum in 1928.