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Or 16187
- Record Id:
- 032-004250420
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004250420
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143137351.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16187
- Title:
- Terciibend-i Suriye vilayeti Vali-i Alisi devletlu Nazım Paşa Hazretlerinindir - ترجيع بند سوريه ولايتى والى عاليسى دولتلو ناظم پاشا حظرتلرينگدر
- Additional Titles:
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Poetry of Nazim Pasha, Ottoman governor of Syria
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a terciibent or stanzaic poem in Ottoman Turkish by Hüseyin Nazım Paşa (1270-71–1345 AH/1854–1927 CE), governor of the Ottoman province of Syria during the early 14th century AH/late 19th century CE. The poem is in the vein of classical Sufi meditative poetry. The original text is accompanied by a stanza-by-stanza translation in Persian by Mahmud, son of the King (Serdar) of Afghanistan, who also composed the lengthy prose preface in Persian, which is found on ff 1v-6r.
The translator explains in his preface that in the year 1309 AH/1891-2 CE he travelled to Istanbul with his father. One day while passing through the booksellers’ bazaar (Sahaflar Çarşısı) he caught sight of a blue page of calligraphy containing the word 'mirsad,' which mysteriously attracted him. He then meditates on the mysteries of how mankind are attracted by different things. The translator also praises at some length the reigning Sultan, Abdülhamid II (ruled 1293-1327 AH/1876-1909 CE). Having long resolved to translate the terciibent of Nazım Paşa he found himself unable, for want of free time, to complete it until 1315 AH/1897-8 CE.
Preface begins (Persian):
(Basmala) Der sana-i hazar va si-ṣad va nuhum-i hijri bi-ma‘iyyat-i valid-i büzürgvar bi-Dar el-Hilafe-i ‘Uzma-i Istanbul şerefyab haṣil shuda bud
Poem begins:
(Birinci bent) Ne dir bu hilkat-i eşya bundaki maksut * Ne den bu günün olur muktezası bud u nebud * Ne türlü hâle girer bu avalimin süvari * Taḳallubat-i cihanda neler olur meşhut
Ends (Persian):
Rashid bi-badiya-’i jahil akhir ‘irfan * chi mümkinest küned dark hikmat-i Yazdan
Dated 1 Ṣafer 1316 AH/21 June 1898 CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004250420
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004250420
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 14 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 1316
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: High-quality beige European paper
Foliation: European, 14 ff
Dimensions: 241 x 146 mm; text area 153 x 70 mm
Pricking and Ruling: 14 lines. Red headings. Text frames in gold and black
Script: Calligraphic nesta‘lik
Binding: Purple velvet covers
- Custodial History:
- Formerly MS. 22 in the collection of C.S. Mundy.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Ottoman Poetry
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe