[Mecmua] - [مجموعه].

This volume contains the following four texts :. ff 1v-118v : Divan-i Naili, the combined poetical work of Naili (Yenizade Mustafa Efendi), a native of Istanbul, who was the secretary of the Divan and died in 1077 AH (1666-67 CE). The contents of the Divan are: kasideler in praise of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم (ff 1v-7v), Sultan Murat IV (ff 7v-10r), Sultan Mehmet IV (ff 10r-11v), Grand Vezir Mustafa Paşa (Kara Mustafa, 1048-53 AH/1638-44 CE) (ff 11v-12v), Grand Vezir Mehmet Paşa (1053-55 AH/1644-47 CE) (ff 12v-19v), Grand Vezir Salih Paşa (1055-57 AH/1647-50 CE) (ff 19v-23r), Grand Vezir Mehmet Paşa (1058-59 AH/1650-52 CE) and some other dignitaries (ff 23r-39r); a tercibend on the poet's brother's death (ff 29r-41v); gazeller in alphabetical order (ff 41v-113r); terci' and terkibendler (ff 113r-118r);. ff 119v-136v : Divan-i Vecdi, the collected poetry of Vecdi (Abdulbaki) of Istanbul, who was secretary of the Divan and afterward Chancellor (Beylikçi). He was put to death by order of Sultan İbrahim at the instigation of his former patron, the Reis Efendi, in 1071 AH (1660-61 CE). The Divan consists of gazeller in alphabetical order, as well as some kıt'alar and ferdiyat at the end (ff 134r-136v);. ff 137v-179v : Divan-i Sabri, a collection of Sabri's poetry organized in the following fashion: kasideler in praise of Sultan Murat IV (ff 137v-142v), Yahya Efendi (Mufti 1031-41 AH/1621-32 CE) (ff 142v-146v), and the poet Ali Rızai (ff 146v-149v); gazeller in alphabetical order, with a few matali at the end (ff 149v-179v);. ff 181v-221v : The Persian Divan of Nāẕirī Ṭūsī. The text contains several unvans. The manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

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Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 197-98.

Other copies of text 1 can be found in Or 7166, Or 7167 and Add MS 7919. For more information on the poet of text 1, see GOD III, p 467. Another copy of text 2 can be found at Or 9759 text II. Another copy of text 3 can be found at Or 1155 text V. More of Vecdi's gazeller can be found at Or 7524. For more information on text 4, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 641.

The Divan-i Naili was printed in Bulaq in 1253 AH. A gazel from the first text (f 89r) can be found in translation in Hammer l. c., p. 468. Some of the gazeller from the Divan-i Vecdi found in this manuscript have been printed in translation in GOD III, p. 444.