Details

Subject(s)

• Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Muslims—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Nabi's poem in Islamic ethics, dedicated to his son Ebulhayr and containing moral guidance on Islam and Islamic conduct of life.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a.
• 11 lines per page. Written in medium small ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for headings. Few sheets are later replacements in different hand and on different paper, including fol. 1a, which has a crudely hand drawn head-piece in black ink and yellow watercolor on fol.1b and similarly drawn frame for the title on fol. 1a. Glazed European paper. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf.
• Incipit: حمد اول الله عظيم الشانه مبدع دائرهء امكانه
• Explicit: چون ابو الخير قونلدي نامك خير ايده حضرت حق انجامك

Binding note

Light orange marbled paper over pasteboard (spine repaired with different, grey marbled paper).

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

Provenance

• Ownership statement, accompanied by a seal, in the name of Mehmet Şakir on fol. 1a.
• Small circular seal in the name of Saadullah, dated 1183 (1769-70), on fol. 1a.

OCLC

122565173

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