MS. Laud Or. 38 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Laud Collection
Contents
Şāh ü Gedā
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
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King and beggar or king and dervīş, the fifth and most popular mes̠nevī of Yaḥyā's Ḫamse; comp. besides the authorities quoted above in No. 2136, W. Pertsch, pp. 190: and 191; Berlin Cat., pp. 406 and 407; G. Flügel i. p. 644 sq.; J. Aumer, p. 51; Fleischer, Cat. Dresd., p. 1ob, No. 76; Paris Cat., p. 335, etc. It has been printed in Constantinople AH 1284; extracts from the poem are given in Wickerhauser's Chrestomathie, p. 297 sq. Beginning: سطر بسم الله اى اولو الألباب اولدی مفتاح قفل باب کتاب. This copy is dated Şevvāl, AH 981 AD 1574, January-February, by Seyyid ʿAlī bin Muṣṭafā of Brusa (i.e. Bursa).
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Physical Description
Layout
2 columns of 15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Script: Nestaʿlīḳ; Scribe: Brusalı Seyyid ʿAlī bin Muṣṭafā بروسهلی سید علی بن مصطفی
Decoration
illuminated headpiece
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, 1635-41.
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