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Or 1152
- Record Id:
- 032-003666202
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003666202
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103240717.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 1152
- Title:
- Divan-i Mesihi - ديوان مسيحى
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the collected poetry of Mesihi, a native of Prishtina (contemporary Republic of Kosova). He was employed as the secretary of the Divan under Grand Vezir Ali Paşa (Hadim Ali, who held the post of Grand Vezir 907-09 AH/1502-05 CE and again 912-17 AH/1507-13 CE). He attained a high rank as a lyrical poet and died in 918 AH (1513-14 CE).
The Divan contains the following contents:
ff 2v-24r : Kasideler and kıt'alar, addressed to the Sultan Bayezit II, his son, Sultan Selim, and some of the great dignitaries of his reign, including the kaside written to the poet's patron, Nişancı Paşa (Cafer Çelebi Taczade or Tacibeyzade), which is quoted in Kınalızade.;
ff 24r-29v : A mesnevi known as Şehrengiz, describing the fair youths of Edirne and ending with two gazeller;
ff 29v-84r : Gazeller in alphabetical order;
ff 84r-84v : Rubaiyat and ferdiyat.
There are the impressions of three imperial seals with tuğra, two of which appear to contain the names of Süleyman and Mustafa, on the first page.
The text contains an unvan.
The manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003666202
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003666202
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 84 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 84 ff
Dimensions : 210 mm x 121 mm
Ruling : Gold-ruled margins
Script : Nastaliq
Binding : Stamped and gilt leather covers
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from the collection of Alexandre Jaba.
- Information About Copies:
- An imperfect copy of the Divan-i Mesihi is described by Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, no. 174. A collection of his gazeller is mentioned in the Vienna Catalogue, no. 762.
- Finding Aids:
- See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts of the British Museum, pp. 171-72.
- Publications:
- The poem to Mesihi's patron (f 6v) has been partly translated by Hammer, l.c., p. 297.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bayezid II, Sultan of Turkey, Ottoman sultan, 1447 or 1448-1512
- Places:
- Edirne, Turkey, Europe
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe - Related Material:
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Another copy of this text can be found at Arundel Or 18.
For more information on the poet, please see Latifi, f. 85; Kınalızade, Or 35, f 256; GOD I, p. 297; and Gibb Ottoman Poems, p. 182.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Arundel Or 18