[Yusuf ve Züleyha] - [يوسف و زليحا]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12204
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 204 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 204 ff. Dimensions : 195 mm x 120 mm. Ruling : The text lacks both the besmele and the rubrications. Script : Talik. Binding : Leather binding with gold-tooled designs, perhaps of the 18th century CE.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a free translation of the Persian poem of the same name by Jāmī in the same metre as the original, by Kemalpaşazade (died 941 AH/1535 CE). The poem is followed by some verses of Necati and a Gurrename (f 204r) for finding on what day of the week the first day of a given month will fall. This manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1958.

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Add MS 7915. For more information about Kemalpaşazade, see OM I, p. 223; GO, p. 61; HOP III, p. 12; and GOD II, pp. 207-10. For more information about the work, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 172-73.