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Add MS 7939
- Record Id:
- 032-003695208
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003695208
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107207613.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7939
- Title:
- [Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume is a scrapbook, probably written in Baghdad, and containing a collection of short poems and songs, chiefly in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, although there are also a few examples in Persian.
The Ottoman Turkish portion consists of anonymous songs designated by the technical names koşma, beste, semai, or yukruk, and of short pieces, primarily gazeller, by the following poets: Ruhi, Sabit, Selimi, Cami and Kıyasi (ff 19-28); Beyani, Fenni, Gazi Ahmet Paşa, Fuzuli, Ramiz, Es'at, Kerimi, Haki, Hamidi, and Ragıp Paşa (ff 31-53); Kadiri (Murteza Efendi Bağdadi) and Nizami (ff 58-60); Mecnuni, İzzet, Satı, Rasih, Agah, Ulvi, Vahdeti, Miyani, Şemi, Neşati, Bedri, Yahya, and Atıf (ff 63-82); Kuroğlu and Aşık Ömer (ff 104-113); Haşmet, Vasif, Vasık, and Vehbi (ff 123-152).
In the last section there are also some verses exchanged between Ahmet Paşa, governor of Baghdad, and Tahmaz Kuli (Nadir Shah), at the time of the latter's invasion (1145 AH/1732-33 CE).
The codex was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003695208
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003695208
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 173 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Baghdad, Iraq?
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper of various colours, mainly yellow and pink
Foliation : European, 173 ff
Dimensions : 146 mm x 70 mm
Ruling : No text boxes, most text written diagonally
Script : Nesih
Binding : Soft binding in safine format
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Claudius Rich.
- Finding Aids:
- See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 211-12; and Rieu, Supplement to the Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 510.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Baghdad, Baghdād, Iraq, Asia
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe