İnşa-yi merhum Lami'i Çelebi - انشاء مرحوم لامعى چلبی

This volume contains the letters of Lami'i Çelebi (died 938 AH/1531-32 CE) beginning with a prose introduction in Persian containing many quotes from Hafız as well as other poets. The letters, some of which are not by Lami'i, are addressed to the following persons according to their rubrications: Emir el-Buhari (ff 14v and 16v); the Defterdar Sinan Çelebi (f 18v); to the Jewish convert ᶜashīr bin Ilyās bin Yahūdī bin Kirnās, عشير بن الياس بن يهودي نن كرناس, in Arabic (f 19v); the grandson of Hacci İlyas (f 21v); addresses unspecified (ff 24v, 25v, 26v, 28v); to Cafer Çelebi (f 29v); from the father of Lami'i, in Arabic (ff 31r, 32r); from the Kadı of Bursa to Sultan Selim I (f 33v); from the Müfti of Anatoliya to the same (f 35r); to the Kazaskers Şah Efendi and Ali Çelebi (f 38r); to Şah Efendi alone (f 39v); addressee unspecified (f 40r); to Sinan Çelebi (f 42r); to the Defterdar Abdülselam (f 44r); addressees unspecified (ff 45r, 46r); to the Kıssahan Ivaz at Ankara (f 47r); from the Kadı of Bursa to his naip, Eflatunzade (f 48v); unspecified addressee (f 29v); to Hıdır Bey, the son of the Müfti of Anatolia (f 55r); unspecified addressees (ff 64r, 66v, 68v, 70r, 72r); to the Katib-i Divan, Haydar Çelebi (f 73r); reply to a letter from Muslihuddin (f 74r); to Ferhad Paşa (f 76r); by Emir Çelebi, to the brother Muhyiddin Efendi of the late Kazasker Şah Efendi (f 78v); to the brothers of Hıdır Bey (f 79v); unspecified addressee (f 80r); to Sinan Çelebi (f 80v); the latter's reply (f 82r); to Ivaz, the Kıssahan, in the 'Tatar language' (Chagatai?) (f 85r); unspecified addressee (f 86r); to Muhyiddin Çelebi (f 87r); to the same (f 88r); to the Sultan (f 89v); to an unspecified addressee (f 90v); to Sinan Çelebi (f 92v); to Şeyh Mahmud Çelebi (f 93v); on the wedding of İbrahim Paşa (f 94v); to unspecified addressees (ff 96v, 97v, 98v); to Muhyiddin el-Fenari (f 99v); a reply from İshak Çelebi (f 101r); to Muhyiddin Efendi (f 102r); a reply to a letter from an unspecified person (f 103r); unspecified addressees (ff 104v, 106r); to Sinan Çelebi (f 107r); to unspecified addressee (f 109v); to Muhyiddin Çelebi (f 113v); to an unspecified addressee (f 114v); to Kadri Efendi, Kazasker of Anatolia (f 122v); to the Grand Vizier, İbrahim Paşa (f 123v); to Abdülkadir Çelebi (f 124v); to the Grand Vizier again (f 127r); to Ruşenizade, Müderris at Alaşehir (ff 128r, 132r); to Ayaz Paşa, Vezir-i Sani (f 130r); to Muhyiddin Efendi (f 134v); to İshak Çelebi (f 136r); to Muhyiddin Efendi from Samsunluzade (f 139r); a reply to Lami'i from an unspecified person (f 140v); to İskender Çelebi (ff 144r, 146v, 147v, 149r); to Hüseyin Çelebi (f 151r); to İbrahim Paşa (f 152r); to Ruşenizade (f 153r); to an unspecified addressee (f 155r); to Kadri Efendi (f 156v); to unspecified addressees (ff 157v, 161v). The manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

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