Or 8038

This volume contains a collection of mesneviler comprised of the following works:

(I) (ff 3v-58v) : A versified translation of the Forty Traditions (احاديث اربعين) made by Hakani Mehmet (died 1015 AH/1606-07 CE). The text ends in the right-hand margin;

(II) (ff 58v-70v) : Hilye-i Hakani, which is written in the margin, with commentary being on the remaining part of each folio. The poem deals with the personal appearance of the Prophet صلعم;

(III) (ff 70v-73r) : Çihar Yar-i Güzin, a poem by Cevri on the appearance of the first four Caliphs (the Rashidun), written in 1050 AH (1640-41 CE). The descriptive sections in Arabic upon which the Ottoman Turkish paraphrase is based are each written inside a gilt circle. This poem is provided with a marginal supplement of ahadith with Ottoman Turkish paraphrasing ;

(IV) (ff 73r-80r) : Tuhfetü'l-İslâm, another versified translation of the Forty Traditions by Merdümi (died 971 AH/1564 CE). The poet states that he was the Kadı of Belgrade for ten years ;

(V) (ff 80r-84v) : İptida-i Tercüme-yi Ahadis-i Erbain, a similar work by the same author, beginning in the margin ;

(VI) (ff 84v-85v) : Ahsenü'l-hadis, a work on the same subject by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahi (died 1039 AH/1630 CE). This text is also found in the margins ;

(VII) (ff 85v-87v) : A poem concerning the virtues of the Sūrat al-Raḥmān, which continues in the margins. Ibn ᶜabbās is mentioned twice as the principle authority by the author of this text, Seyit Ahmet İbn-i Mustafa also known as Lali. The text of this poem is written in a different hand from that of the other works in this volume.

This final text is followed by a series of anonymous münacat in verse (ff 88r-92r), a terkibibent by Veysi (ff 92v-94r), and a Remelname by Cevri (ff 95r-96r) dated in 1284 AH (1867-68 CE). All of these are in different nestalik hands.

At the start of the work on ff 1r-3r, there are various na't, a genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم, and a poem by Şeyh Rıza.

The main text of the manuscript was likely copied in the early 18th century CE.