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Summary of Contents: رياض الشعراء رياضي The Riyadash-Shu'ard, a biography of Turkish poets completed after two
years' labour in Rajab, 1018/Oct. 1609, by Riyádí (b. 980/1572-3, d. 1054/1644-5),
and dedicated to Sultán Aḥmad I. See E. J. W. Gibb's History of Ottoman Poetry,
vol. 111, pp. 200-201 and 284-286. Begins: صد هزار سپاس و ثنا اول دیباجه پرداز ان هذه تذكرة جنابنه سزادر الخ Ff. 90 of 19'7 x 13'5 c. and 21 ll.; fair ta'liq with rubrications, dated Sha'bán,
1102/May, 1691. Bought of J. J. Naaman in May, 1905, for £4.

Author: Riyâzı̂ Mehmet, 1572-1644 رياضي

Title: Riyāḍ al-shuʻarāʼ

Title: رياض الشعراء

Language(s): Turkish

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 90

Dimensions: 19.7 × 13.5 cm.

Layout

21 lines

Hand(s)

Fair ta'liq with rubrications

History

Origin: 1102 AH; 1691 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought of J. J. Naaman in May, 1905, for £4.

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

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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JISC

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