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Summary of Contents: فضیلت نامه This MS. was bought from J. J. Naaman on May 7, 1903, for £4, and is described under the heading "(25) C. 11 (Turkish)" in Further Notes, pp. 31-32 (563-564). It contains a Turkish mathnawi poem in the hexameter Hazaj metre, chiefly in praise of 'Alí, by a poet who uses the pen-name of Yamíní. This poem fills ff. 1-229, and was copied in Sha'bán, 1218/end of 1803. It is followed by other poems by Shaykh-oghlu, Nasímí, etc. (ff. 230b-262b). Ff. 262 of 19.8 x 14 c. and 17 ll.; bad ta'liq with rubrications within gold margins.
ff. 1-229
Author: Yamíní یمینی
Title: فضیلت نامه
Title: Fadílat-náma
Title: Turkish mathnawi poem in the hexameter Hazaj metre, chiefly in praise of 'Alí
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

p.49
See sub classmark C. 11 in "Further Notes on the Literature of the Hurufis and Their Connection with the Bektashi Order of Dervishes Author(s): Edward G. Browne Source: The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , Jul., 1907, (Jul., 1907), pp. 533-581.
ff. 230b-262b
Title: Other poems, by Shaykh-oghlu, Nasímí and others
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 262
Dimensions (leaf): 19.8 × 14 cm.

Layout

17 lines

Hand(s)

Bad ta'liq with rubrications within gold margins.

History

Origin: Copied in Sha'bán, 1218/end of 1803

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought of Naaman of Baghdád on May 7 1903 for £4.

Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").

Record Sources

Description based on "Further Notes on the Literature of the Hurufis and Their Connection with the Bektashi Order of Dervishes Author(s): Edward G. Browne Source: The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , Jul., 1907, (Jul., 1907), pp. 533-581. The new class mark and additional information from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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