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Record Id:

032-002096146

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002096146

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 19507

Title:

Gül ü Bülbül - كل و بلبل

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a mesnevi by the poet Fazlı. Kara Fazlı (Mehmet) of İstanbul was a disciple of Zati and successively attached as Divan Secretary to three sons of Kanunî Sultan Süleyman: Mehmet, Mustafa (to whom the current poem is dedicated), and Selim. He died, according to Kınalızade, in 970 AH (1562-63 CE), or in 971 AH (1563-64 CE) according to Haj. Khal.

The date of composition of this poem is 960 AH (1552-53 CE) according to the final beyit.

The current volume is partially stained by damp and was likely composed in the 16th century.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-002096146

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032-002096146

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item, 78 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic (nastaliq Variant)

Start Date:

1500

End Date:

1599

Date Range:

16th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Foliation : European, 78 ff

Dimensions : 210 mm x 114 mm

Script : Nestalik

Information About Copies:

For other copies, please see Vienna Catalogue, I, p. 639; Jahrbücher, 66, Anz. Bl. p. 30, vol. 91, pp. 196-211; and Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue, No. 319.

Finding Aids:

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 177.

Publications:

Kara Fazli, Gül u bülbül, das ist: Rose und nachtigall, ed. von Hammer, Joseph (Budapest: Hartleben, 1834).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 7096; and Add MS 7904 text V.

For more information about the author, see Or 35, f 218; Haj. Khal. V, p. 234; Latifi, f 76v; Geschichte der Osmanlichen Dichtkunst, II, p. 309; and Gibb, Ottoman Poems, p. 197.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Add MS 7904
Or 7096