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Add MS 7888
- Record Id:
- 032-003653472
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003653472
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102907483.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7888
- Title:
- Münşeat-i Nabi Efendi - منشئات نابى افنددى
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the letters of Nabi, collected and edited after his death in 1124 AH (1712-13 CE) by his friend Habeşizade, with a preface by the latter.
The work was compiled by desire of Silahdar Ali Paşa Damat, who appears to have been the author's special patron. Silahdar Ali, who is designated in the preface as Naip Vezir, was afterwards raised to the office of Grand Vezir in 1125-28 AH (1713-16 CE).
The letters and poetical pieces addressed to him by Nabi form the second and greater part of the collection (ff 8v-41r). The first consists only of complimentary addresses. The remaining letters (ff 41r-89v) are written to the Reis ul-Kuttab Rami Efendi (1106-1114 AH/1694-1703 CE) (ff 41r, 51r-58v); Halil Ağa (f 42); Uşşakizade Osman Efendi (f 43r); Abdulbaki Paşa, governor of Erzerum (f 43v); Köprülüzade Esat Bey (f 81v); and to Kayumcu, a Christian poet of Erzerum (f 84v), among others. At the end of this section there is a letter written to the late Madih Efendi (who died in Cairo in 1130 AH/1718-19 CE) (ff 87v-88v).
The text has a single unvan.
The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003653472
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003653472
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 89 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : Western, 89 ff
Dimensions : 203 mm x 121 mm
Ruling : Ruled margins
Script : Nastaliq Şikeste-amiz
- Custodial History:
- Formerly manuscript No. 356 in the Rich Collection.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.
- Information About Copies:
- Other copies of Nabi's letters are noticed in Krafft's Catalogue, p. 30; the Vienna Catalogue I, p. 292, 297; Aumer, No. 224, and 235; and in the Gotha Catalogue, No. 25.
- Finding Aids:
- See Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 113-14.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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For other, slightly different copies of these letters, please see Or 7160 and Or 7161.
For more information on the author and the work, please see Geschichte des Osmanliches Reiches, VI, p. vii, No. 13; GOD IV, p. 239.
For more information on Habeşizade, also known as Abdurrahim Bey (mahles Rahmi), please see the appendix to the Haj. Khal. VI, p. 634.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 7160
Or 7161