This volume contains the letters of Nabi, collected and edited after his death in 1124 AH (1712-13 CE) by his friend Habeşizade, with a preface by the latter. The work was compiled by desire of Silahdar Ali Paşa Damat, who appears to have been the author's special patron. Silahdar Ali, who is designated in the preface as Naip Vezir, was afterwards raised to the office of Grand Vezir in 1125-28 AH (1713-16 CE). The letters and poetical pieces addressed to him by Nabi form the second and greater part of the collection (ff 8v-41r). The first consists only of complimentary addresses. The remaining letters (ff 41r-89v) are written to the Reis ul-Kuttab Rami Efendi (1106-1114 AH/1694-1703 CE) (ff 41r, 51r-58v); Halil Ağa (f 42); Uşşakizade Osman Efendi (f 43r); Abdulbaki Paşa, governor of Erzerum (f 43v); Köprülüzade Esat Bey (f 81v); and to Kayumcu, a Christian poet of Erzerum (f 84v), among others. At the end of this section there is a letter written to the late Madih Efendi (who died in Cairo in 1130 AH/1718-19 CE) (ff 87v-88v). The text has a single unvan. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
Münşeat-i Nabi Efendi - منشئات نابى افنددى
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- Reference
- GB 59 Add MS 7888
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 89 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 89 ff. Dimensions : 203 mm x 121 mm. Ruling : Ruled margins. Script : Nastaliq Şikeste-amiz.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.
Other Finding Aids
See Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 113-14.