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Or 16173

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032-003695552

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Or 16173

Title:

[Mevlud-i Şerif] - [مولود شريف]

Additional Titles:

مولود شريف

Haza kitab-i Mevlud-i şerif - هذا كتاب مولود شريف

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a mesnevi poem in stanzas concerning the life and virtues of the Prophet Muhammad, intended for recitation at gatherings celebrating his birth. The poet was inspired by the highly popular Mevlud of Süleyman Çelebi (died 825 AH/1422 CE).

The author does not appear to be named in the manuscript. Its opening beyit is identical to that of Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Ms H.1246, the author of which Karatay also was unable to identify (TSMTYK, II:130). The lines quoted as the final ones of the poem are also the refrain repeated after each stanza of the poem.

Begins (1v):

Besmele Başlayalım evvel Allah adını / örelim (?) ondan sözün bünyadını * evvel Allah diyelim biz derd ile / Allah adın öğrettirelim her dile

Chorus (throughout):

Ger (eğer) bu alem halkı derse subh u şam / Medih olunsa haşir’tek olmaz tamam * Ger dilersen bula canin safa / Ver salavat ber Resul-i Mustafa * Allah zade Muhammed ta‘zimen / Sallu aleyhi ve sellimu teslimen

Beginning of section on miracles of the Prophet (Mu‘cizat-ı Resulullah) (57r)

Poem ends (82v):

Gir diler isen bula canın safa / ver salavat ber Resul-i Mustafa * Allah zade Muhammeden ta‘zimen / sallu aleyhi ve sellimu teslimen

Final supplication begins (83r):

…Allahümme afina va‘fu anna vağfir lena ve’rhamna

Final supplication ends (84r):

Cümle müminlerin geçmişlerine rahmet bakilerine sıhhat selamet afiyet müyesser eyle ya Rabb

British Library Or 12487 shares some features of the present volume, including the opening verses and most of the chorus. Unlike the present volume, it is interspersed with verses from the Quran to be recited after each section, and after concluding with the same supplication as is found in this volume, has additional verses in praise of the Prophet in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.

The present volume has an illuminated headpiece in gold, red and blue on f 1v, and gold and green text frames throughout. The headpiece carries the title Haza kitab-i Mevlud-i şerif, though the words are somewhat distorted. The same words are inscribed on f 1r. Other contents include the inscription ‘Mulid Sharif / 1186 H / 1772 A.D. / Lot 15’ on the front flyleaf. There is the pencilled inscription ‘tıflı niyaz’ on the end flyleaf.

The colophon is on f 84r, and confirms that the work was copied by Ahmed in 1186 AH/1772-3 CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 84 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1772

End Date:

1772

Date Range:

1186

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

Turkey

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Off-white European laid paper, medium to thick; some dampstaining throughout the volume

Foliation: European, 84 ff, plus 1 blank, not evenly cut

Dimensions: 169-172 x 113-115 mm; text area 97 x 59 mm

Pricking and Ruling: 11 lines; The Divine Name and the names of the Prophet (Muhammad, Ahmad, Mahmud, Mustafa) are written in red, as are certain key lines of the poem. Gold and green text frames, wider on ff 1v-2r; ff 57-66 are thinner and darker, and the writing is larger

Script: Clear vocalized nesih

Binding: Deep red morocco binding, with surface damage in the lower areas and partially broken spine; central gilt medallions with arabesque ornamentation

Information About Copies:

On the copy in the Topkapı Palace collection, see Fehmi Edhem Karatay, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kutuphanesi Turkce Yazmalar Katalogu, 2 volumes (1961), II:130.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Muhammad, the Prophet,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121032851,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226

Subjects:

Muslim devotional literature
Ottoman Poetry

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 12487.

For the Mevlud/Mevlid of Süleyman Çelebi, see British Library Or 7237 and Or 7341. A Mevlid authored by Şeyh Şemseddin Sivasi (died 1006 AH/1597 CE) can be found at Or 11567. Both of these were similarly influenced by Süleyman Çelebi’s work.

On commemorating the Prophet’s birth, see H. Fuchs, F. de Jong, and J. Knappert, ‘Mawlid (a.), or Mawlūd,’ in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition (doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0716); Annemarie Schimmel, And Muhammad Is His MessengerThe Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985); Marion Holmes Katz, The birth of the Prophet Muḥammad : devotional piety in Sunni Islam (London: Routledge, 2007); Christiane J Gruber, The Praiseworthy One: the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic texts and images (Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, 2018).

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 11567
Or 12487
Or 7237
Or 7341