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Add MS 10006
- Record Id:
- 032-003943541
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003943541
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123407244.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 10006
- Title:
- Zenanname - زناننامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains Enderuni Fazıl Bey's Zenanname, a mesnevi describing the merits and defects of the women of various nations of the world. Much of the content is misogynistic in nature.
Fazıl Bey, the son of the famous Tahir Ömer Paşa of Akka (Acre, Ottoman Palestine), lost his father in early life and was brought up in the palace of Sultan Abdülhamit. Under Sultan Selim III he was appointed Vali of Rhodes and was afterwards attached as Hoca to the Divan. He died in Beşiktaş at the end of Zulhicce 1225 AH (January 1811 CE).
In the prologue to this work, the poet introduces his beloved, for whom he had previously written his Hubanname, and to whose entreaties he again yielded in composing the present poem.
This manuscript was likely copied in the 19th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003943541
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003943541
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 37 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 37 ff
Dimensions : 203 mm x 140 mm
Script : Nestalik
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the British Museum from the Collection of the Honorable Frederick North.
- Information About Copies:
- Other copies can be found at Hammer, Jahrbücher, vol. 58, p. 24, and vol. 74, 29; Gibb, Ottoman Poems, pp. 139, 218; and Vienna Catalogue I, p. 424.
- Finding Aids:
- See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 205.
- Publications:
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Both the Zenanname and the Hubanname have been published, along with the Defter-i Işk and the Rakkasname of the same author, in İstanbul in 1253 (1837-38 CE). The Zenanname has been translated into French by M. Decourdemanche as: Fazıl Beg, Le Livre des Femmes, Decourdemanche, Jean-Adolphe ed. (Paris: [publisher not identified], 1879).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of the Zenanname can be found at Or 7093 text 2, Or 7094 (illustrated), Or 7095 text I, Or 7246, Or 12240, and Or 13983 text II. Other works by the author can be found at Or 7083 text 3 and Or 8891.
For more information about Fazıl Bey, see Cevdet IV, p. 219; and GOD IV, pp. 428-453, where ample extracts from the present poem are given in translation.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 12240
Or 13983
Or 7083
Or 7093
Or 7094
Or 7095
Or 7246
Or 8891