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Or 7224
- Record Id:
- 032-003677617
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003677617
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104084119.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7224
- Title:
- [Gencine-yi Raz] - [كنجنۀ راز]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a mesnevi on spiritual life illustrated by anecdotes and divided into 40 makalat. It forms part of the hamse of Yahya Bey (died 990 AH/1582-83 CE according to OM II, p. 497, or 983 AH/1575-76 CE according to Ali, Or 32 f 330, who is followed by Gibb in HOP III, p. 116) of the Dukagjini family of Albania.
The text begins with a section on the mystical sense of the Besmele, after which the poem itself starts.
This copy has been wrong lettered as Ganjinah-i gulshar. The original folios have been mounted on guards.
The fly-leaves as well as first and final folios feature exceptional amounts of marginalia and graffiti, as well as ownership seals.
The manuscript was copied by Abdi İbn-i Mustafa of Demirtaş (Teymurtaşı) in 1034 AH (1624-25 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003677617
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003677617
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 84 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1624
- End Date:
- 1625
- Date Range:
- 1034
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- 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 165 mm
Script : Nastaliq
- Custodial History:
- Ownership seals of various individuals are found throughout the work, including those of Seyit Ahmet Umran Mehmet; Safa el-Fakir Abd el-Musaffa (?); Mustafa İbn-i Mehmet; Yusuf İbn-i Hasan; and Hurşit Ömer Mehmet.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.
- Information About Copies:
- For other copies see THK, pp. 45-57, and Rossi, p. 236.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Albania, Europe
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe - Related Material:
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Other copies of this text can be found at Or 37, Or 1147 text 3, Or 1154 text 2, Or 1662, Or 7222 text 4, Or 7225, Or 12184, Or 16390, and Add MS 5979.
For more information on the author see EI IV, p. 1149; THK, pp. 42-44; and Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 180.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 5979
Or 1147
Or 1154
Or 1162
Or 12184
Or 16390
Or 37
Or 7222
Or 7225