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1 copy of Mecmu'atü'n-neza'ir by Ömer bin Mezid, active 15th century

Author: Ömer bin Mezid, active 15th century ʻUmar ibn Mazīd عمر بن مزيد

An anthology of Turkish poetry compiled in the fifteenth century. It lacks the first leaf. The work finishes at page 549, and a work containing various Turkish poems including riddles, enigmas, chronograms and couplets in the same hand is appended from page 550-614.

Incipit: انك خلفا سى ارزنه اولسون كم ابى بكر الصديق التقى وعمر الاروق النقي

Explicit: تمت المجمعة النظاير بعون الملك القادر

Language(s): Turkish

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 309 f.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Turkish poetry

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