E. 18 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Summary of Contents: A volume containing six Hurúfi and Súfi tracts in prose and verse, some printed and some manuscript, all given to me by Dr Ridá Tawfiq at Constantinople in April, 1908. They are as follows: (1) Firishta-záda's 'Ishq-náma (Turkish), copied in 1265/1849 in a small, neat Turkish naskh with rubrications. Ff. 79 of 20.4 x 14 cm and 23 ll. This is followed by a continuous MS of 114 ff. of 22.3 x 14.5 cm and 21 ll. written in a very clear but rather stilted naskh, with rubrications, containing the four following works. (2) The Bishárat-náma of Rafi'i (ff. 1-37). See Further Notes, p. 24 (556), but in this copy two more bayts follow that which concludes the other copy, the last one here being: فاتحه اوقويه ایلیه ثنا خيريله ال قالدره سوی سما تبت الرسالة فضلك ايله يارلغه قیل یا غنی اوقویانی دکلیه نی یازه نی بر دعا نطقندن اومار ناطقی ای بو نسخه اوقویان متقی (3) The Fayd-náma (ff. 38b-64b), which, as appears from the last line of the conclusion (tatimma, f. 63b), is by Mithálí: لتمه رساله مثالی فرماید فهم ایدر هر کیمکه عقلی اولدی یار ای مثالی مختصر قیل سوزی وار For another copy of this poem, see E. 14 supra. (4) Another Turkish poem by Panáhí (ff. 65b-72b), beginning: ابتدادن حاصل اولدی انتها ابتدا در ابتدا در ابتدا فی و ضاد و لام حقدن والسلام ابتدا گلدى كلام لا ينام This is dated 1244/1828-9. (5) The Turkish Díván of Muhítí Bábá (ff. 73b-114b), concluding with 2 quatrains, followed by these verses: جانیله دلدن ایلوم اكرام جمله یارانه و محبّانه عهد كيم قيلدیلر بزمله تمام اومارز كيم فراموش ایتمیه لر ليك دلده مقرر اولدی مقام دیده دن گرچه اولمشز غائب فضل حقدن بو در تمنامز کاوله وز بزده وصلله ولکام (6) The printed text of the Gulshan-i-Tawhíd ("Rose-garden of the Divine Unity"), a Persian versified commentary on the Mathnawí, in the metre of the original, by the Mevlevi (Mawlawi) dervish Sháhidí, printed at Constantinople in Jumádà I, 1298/April, 1881, beginning: منت و بی بی نهایت حمد لا يحصى ثنای بی قیاس حد سپاس Ff. 181 of 22.2 x 14.5 cm and 25 ll. Printed from a MS transcribed 361 years before the current date, i.e. in 937/1530-1.

Author: Firishta-záda

Title: 'Ishq-náma

Copied in 1265/1849 in a small, neat Turkish naskh with rubrications. Ff. 79 of 20.4 x 14 cm and 23 lines.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

ff. 1-37 (of the second, continuous MS)

Author: Rafi'i, (15th century)

Title: Bishárat-náma

Title: بشارت‌نامه

Title: Book of Glad Tidings

Cf. Further Notes, p. 24 (556); this copy has two more bayts at the end than that copy.

Explicit: فاتحه اوقويه ایلیه ثنا خيريله ال قالدره سوی سما تبت الرسالة فضلك ايله يارلغه قیل یا غنی اوقویانی دکلیه نی یازه نی بر دعا نطقندن اومار ناطقی ای بو نسخه اوقویان متقی

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." Edward G. Browne, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Jul., 1907, pp. 533-581.

ff. 38b-64b

Author: Mithálí

Title: Fayd-náma

Title: فیضنامه

Authorship established from the tatimma (f. 63b). For another copy, see E. 14.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

ff. 65b-72b

Author: Panáhí Vagif, 1717-1797 واقف Vakıf, Molla Penah 1717-1797

Title: Turkish poem

Dated 1244/1828-9.

Incipit: ابتدادن حاصل اولدی انتها ابتدا در ابتدا در ابتدا فی و ضاد و لام حقدن والسلام ابتدا گلدى كلام لا ينام

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

ff. 73b-114b

Author: Muhítí Bábá

Title: Díván | Muhítí Bábá

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: Sháhidí شاهدي ابراهيم دده Şâhidî, İbrahim Dede 1470-1550

Title: Gulshan-i-Tawhíd

Title: Gülşen-i vahdet

Title: Rose-garden of the Divine Unity

A Persian versified commentary on the Mathnawí, in the same metre, by the Mevlevi dervish Sháhidí; printed at Constantinople in Jumádà I, 1298/April, 1881, from a manuscript transcribed 361 years earlier, i.e. in 937/1530-1. Ff. 181 of 22.2 x 14.5 cm and 25 lines.

Incipit: منت و بی بی نهایت حمد لا يحصى ثنای بی قیاس حد سپاس

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper; item 6 printed rather than manuscript.

Extent: Item 1: 79 ff. of 20.4 x 14 cm, 23 lines. Items 2-5 (continuous MS): 114 ff. of 22.3 x 14.5 cm, 21 lines. Item 6 (printed): 181 pp. of 22.2 x 14.5 cm, 25 lines.

Layout

23 lines (item 1); 21 lines (items 2-5); 25 lines (item 6).

Hand(s)

Item 1: small, neat Turkish naskh with rubrications. Items 2-5: very clear but rather stilted naskh, with rubrications.

History

Origin: Composite volume: item 4 dated 1244/1828-9, item 1 copied 1265/1849, item 6 printed 1298/1881 from a manuscript transcribed in 937/1530-1. ; Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

Given to me by Dr Ridá Tawfiq at Constantinople in April 1908

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

Record Sources

Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University

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