Gencine-i raz - كنجينۀ راز

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12184
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 85 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 85 ff. Dimensions : 250 mm x 125 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled text frames. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with red for headings and catch words, gold for the unvan.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a mesnevi of religious and moral content illustrated by anecdotes. The poem, which is divided into 40 makalat, forms part of the Hamse of the well-known Dukagjini (Dukaginzade) Yahya Bey (died 990 AH/1582-83 CE; or 993 AH/1575-76 CE according to Gibb). The work opens with a short prose preface followed by the poem itself. Bound in with this volume is one folio (f 33) of an ethical work in prose, illustrated by anecdotes. This text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied by Hasan İbn-i Mustafa el-Burusevi, likely in the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 21 February 1958.

Related Material

Other copies of the Gencine-yi Raz can be found at Or 37, Or 1147 text 3, Or 1154 text 2, Or 1162, Or 7222 text 4, Or 7224, Or 7225, Or 16390, and Add MS 5979. For more information about the author, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 181; HOP III, pp. 121-22; and OM II, p. 497.