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This volume contains a narrative poem in Chagatai, largely legendary in character, on the military exploits of Sa‘d ibn Abi Vaqqas and other Companions of the Prophet, authored by one ‘Abd al-Rahim. This author is not mentioned in Hofman’s Turkish Literature, and the work appears to be rare. The...
This volume contains the following two works by the renowned Ottoman writer and poet, Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE): 5v-102r: [Nihalistan] 109v-186r: İksir-i devlet For more information on the works, both of which form part of his Hamse, see the individual records for Or 16391 ...
This volume contains a book of tales in prose adapted from a Persian original by Seyyid Ahmed ibn-i Hasan Bali, whose mahlas was ‘Sıdki.’ He was born in Istanbul, and had a military background. The translation is dedicated to Şehzade Alemşah (died 908 AH/1502-3 CE), son of Sultan Bayezid II (rul...
This mecmua contains two texts written in the same hand. 1. f. 1v-9r. Risālẹ fi beyān il-mahāliṣ iş-şu‘arā (sic) An alphabetical list of 10-11th/16th-17th century poets, arranged by their pen-names (mahlaṣ) and without any other names, together with their dates of death and in some cases thei...
Netaicü’l-fünun ve mehasinü’l-mütun – نتائج الفنون ومحاسن المتون
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This volume contains a concise encyclopaedia reviewing the twelve principal branches of learning by the poet and religious scholar Yahya ibn-i Pir Ali (died 1007 AH/1599 CE), whose mahlas was Nev‘i. Nev‘i was born in 940 AH/1533-34 CE in Malkara. His father was a Halveti shaykh, and it was from...