Or 7477

This volume is a codex consisting of the following works:

ff 6v-36v : Zafername-yi Gaza-yi Kaminçe, an account by Nabi of the capture of Kamieniec (see GSO, p. 237), preceded by some Arabic and Persian poems of Sa'di and Nizami, with some Ottoman Turkish verses by Nabi and others. The text was copied by Derviş İbrahim in 1090 AH (1679-80 CE);

ff 37r-39v : A letter in verse from Veysi to the Grand Vizier;

ff 40r-41v : Various letters including one in Persian from Mīr ᶜalī Shīr to Jāmī and one from Sultan Mustafa to the Janissaries en route to Belgrade not to expect any gratuity on his accession, followed by a decreee to all the cadiler in Hüdavendigar asking them not to collect illegal dues, to discontinue their exactions of free fodder for their animals, and to give due compensation to the people who had suffered from this. The documents were issued at Edirne in 1106 AH (1694-95 CE);

ff 42r-45r : Hikayat-i istihya, anecdotes on generous men drawn from the Ahlak-i Alayi of Kınalızade;

ff 45r-52r : A letter by Abdülkerim, Divan Efendisi, to Selim Geray Han on the occasion of the capture of Cehrin (Chyhyryn, contemporary Ukraine);

ff 52v-55r : Suret-i Hatt-i Hümayun-i Sultan Mustafa and two letters of Veysi with a portion of the Leyla Mecnun of Fuzuli (bound upside down);

ff 55v-59v : Zafername written by Firdevsi in commemoration of the capture of Cehrin (Chyhyryn, contemporary Ukraine), dated 1089 AH (1678-79 CE);

ff 61r-v : A letter from Sultan Bayezit to Prince Selim on the occasion of the death of Prince Cem;

ff 62r-63v : Letters from Süleyman II to Selim Geray Han (dated 1010 AH/1601-02 CE), and from the steward of Fazıl Ahmet Paşa to his home steward (dated 1080 AH/1669-70 CE);

ff 64r-66v : Der beyan-i Kâbe-yi mükerreme by Ali Efendi and an anecdote (f 67r);

ff 67v-74r : Zikr-i Cezire-yi İkritiş yani Girit (dated 1090 AH/1679-80 CE) and Kıssa-yı Tabut (f 74r);

ff 74v-78v : A letter sent after the conquest of Crete by the Grand Vizier to the Vizier of the Shah of Persia. The marginalia consists of a letter by Şehit Ali Paşa to the Han, and a Persian quatrain, among other texts ;

ff 79r-90r : A letter by Abdülkerim concerning the expedition to Cehrin, and some verses in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish;

ff 90v-115v : Sehadetname-yi Veysi, copied by Derviş İbrahim in 1092 AH (1681-82 CE) with various marginal works:

f 116r : Blank;

ff 116v-128v : Vakıaname-yi Veysi, copied by Derviş İbrahim in 1089 AH (1678-79 CE);

ff 128v-130r : A part of the same work, coped by Derviş İbrahim İbn-i Süleyman Efendi in 1103 AH (1691-92 CE);

ff 131v-150r : Selections from the münşeat of Abdülkerim Efendi, beginning with a preface. The various works in the margin include a note on the veiled Prophet of Hurasan and a description of the Temple of Somnath;

ff 150r-165r : Petition of Azmizade Haleti and some of his münşeat;

ff 165r-237r : Some of the münşeat of Veysi with marginal works, which include the following:

ff 180v-183r : Tövbename of Veysi, copied in 1113 AH (1701-02 CE);

ff 183v-185r : Na't-i şerif and Der vasf-i Tebriz (f 185r);

ff 207v-209r : Another letter in verse by Veysi;

ff 209v-217r : Petition of Veysi to Nasuh Paşa and model beginnings to letters;

ff 217r-230v : Two letters by Hasan Paşa sent to Özbek Han and other letters;

ff 237r-245v : A talika by Veysi and various other short works by the same author, including a draft of a fetva on a man who wrote a satirical poem on the Prophets in 20 000 verses;

ff 245v-246r : Hikayet-i acibe from the Tarih-i Banakiti, copied by Derviş İbrahim İbn-i Süleyman el-Kırkkiliseand some Persian verses;

ff 246v-250r : A letter from Fuzuli to Nişancı Mehmet Paşa, with other miscellaneous works, including some in the margin and a note that Rami Mehmet Paşa has been appointed Grand Vizier (f 248v).