MS. Ouseley 121 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Seven incoherent leaves of Turkish poetry.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: Seven incoherent leaves of Turkish poetry
Author: Nāʹtī نعتی

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The last two of which (ff. 6 and 7) contain ġazels by Nāʹtī (the hymn-singer, who was contemporary with Süleymān Paşa, whom he accompanied on his journey to Egypt, of which country he had been appointed governor, 1536=AH 942, 943, see Hammer, Osman. Dichtkunst, ii. p. 545), rhyming in ش and ز.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930. § (123) 2161.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 7 folios
Dimensions (leaf):

Layout

2 columns of 18 lines per page

Hand(s)

Script: Nestaʿlīḳ

History

Origin: unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley, d. 1844.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1858.

Record Sources

Description based on Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930.

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