[Gencine-yi Raz] - [كنجنۀ راز]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7224
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1034
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 84 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 84 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 165 mm. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a mesnevi on spiritual life illustrated by anecdotes and divided into 40 makalat. It forms part of the hamse of Yahya Bey (died 990 AH/1582-83 CE according to OM II, p. 497, or 983 AH/1575-76 CE according to Ali, Or 32 f 330, who is followed by Gibb in HOP III, p. 116) of the Dukagjini family of Albania. The text begins with a section on the mystical sense of the Besmele, after which the poem itself starts. This copy has been wrong lettered as Ganjinah-i gulshar. The original folios have been mounted on guards. The fly-leaves as well as first and final folios feature exceptional amounts of marginalia and graffiti, as well as ownership seals. The manuscript was copied by Abdi İbn-i Mustafa of Demirtaş (Teymurtaşı) in 1034 AH (1624-25 CE).

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 37, Or 1147 text 3, Or 1154 text 2, Or 1662, Or 7222 text 4, Or 7225, Or 12184, Or 16390, and Add MS 5979. For more information on the author see EI IV, p. 1149; THK, pp. 42-44; and Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 180.