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Language Turkish, Ottoman Subject Ottoman Poetry

1. Add MS 7934

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7934
Title:
Külliyat-i Vahyi - كليات وحيى
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected works of the Ottoman Turkish poet Vahyi. According to a contemporary note, written on the first page of the work, the author, Seyit Mehmet Vahyi, Şeyh of the Balata zeviyesi, was the son and successor of Seyit Hasan Nuri Efendi, who died in 1100 AH (1688-89 CE)....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1160
Extent:
1 text, 161 ff

2. Or 14383

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14383
Title:
[Garibname]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the first full-scale didactic mesnevi poem composed in Old Anatolian Turkish. Its author is the Ottoman Turkish poet and Sufi Ali ibn-i Muhlis of Kirşehir, known as Aşık Paşa (670-733 AH/1272-1332 CE). He composed his highly influential and widely read Garibname in 730 AH/13...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
850
Extent:
1 text, 332 ff

3. Or 14396

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14396
Title:
Volume containing the Divan of Azmi and a mecmua of Ottoman Turkish poetry
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two sections, both of which are in the same hand: I. (1v-51r) Divan-i Azmi-i Amidi II. (52r-102v) A selection of gazeliyat, müfredat, kıtalar, muhammesat, and müseddesat by numerous poets. For more on each text, please see the records for Or 14396 (1) and Or...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
2 texts, 103 ff

4. Or 14396 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14396 (1)
Title:
[Divan-i Azmi] – [ديوان عزمى]
Scope & Content:
This section (1v-51r) of Or 14396 contains the Divan of Ahmed Azmi of Amid (Diyarbakır), who died in 1247 AH/1831 CE. Azmi was born in Diyarbakır and received a good education, achieving a strong command of Arabic and Persian. He travelled extensively, visiting Istanbul, Erzurum, Bitlis, Damasc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
50 ff (1v-51r)

5. Or 14396 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14396 (2)
Title:
[Mecmua of Ottoman Turkish poetry]
Scope & Content:
This section (ff 52r-102v) of Or 14396 contains a selection of gazeliyat, müfredat, kıta‘at, muhammesat, and müseddesat by numerous poets. These include Osman Nuri Paşa, Amidi, Ahmet Râşit, Baki, Fuzuli, Lebib, Vahib, Hâkî, Nabi, Lütfi, Hayalî, Kâmî, Müfit, Hami, Ragıp, Nazif, Nedim, Rasih, Bas...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
50 ff (52r-102v)

6. Or 14556

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14556
Title:
[Divan-ı Mekki] – [ديوان مكي]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Divan of the twice Şeyhülislam Mekki Mehmed Efendi (died 1212 AH/1797 CE). Mehmed Efendi was known as Mekki Mehmed by virtue of having been born in Mecca (in 1126 AH/1714 CE), where his father Halil Efendi was the Kadı. After his father’s death he came to Istanbul and ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 text, 30 ff

7. Or 14571

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14571
Title:
[Garibname]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the first full-scale didactic mesnevi poem composed in Old Anatolian Turkish. Its author is the Ottoman Turkish poet and Sufi Ali ibn-i Muhlis of Kirşehir, known as Aşık Paşa (670-733 AH/1272-1332 CE). He composed his highly influential and widely read Garibname in 730 AH/13...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
848
Extent:
1 text, 361 ff

8. Or 15590

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15590
Title:
[Varidat-ı Mensure ve Divan-i Manzume] - [واردات منثوره وديوان منظومه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected poems and selected prose writings of Bandırmalızade Mustafa Haşim Efendi (1130-1197 AH/1718-1783 CE), known also as Haşim Baba. The young Haşim was raised and educated in the Celveti order in which his father was a sheikh. However, Haşim was himself more inclin...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Mid to late 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 76 ff

9. Or 15637

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15637
Title:
[Divan-i Pertev] – [ديوان پرتو]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected poems of Pertev Mehmed Said Paşa (died 1253 AH/1837 CE), a statesman and poet who flourished during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II (1223-1255 AH/1808-1839 CE). Born in 1200 AH/1785 CE, Pertev Paşa was educated in Istanbul. He entered the Imperial Council (Divan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 text, 138 ff

10. Or 15960

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15960
Title:
[Selected gazeliyat from the Divan of Ragıb Paşa]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains selected gazeliyat from the Divan of Koca Ragıb Paşa (1110–1176 AH/1698-9–1763 CE), an Ottoman statesman and man of letters. According to Gibb, the Divan of Ragıb Paşa marks a special moment in Turkish literary history, being the last monument of Ottoman lyric poetry to foll...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1130
Extent:
1 text, 72 ff