This volume contains a didactic mesnevi by Geyveli Güvahi, who died in 926 AH (1519-20 CE). The work is also known as the Kenz ül-bedai, although there are various sources that claim the two are distinct works. There is some confusion as to the date of composition, which varies from 903 AH (1497-98 CE) in the Vienna Catalogue to 933 AH (1526-27 CE) in the Karatay catalogue, with the former far likelier. The date of composition is not provided in the current copy. The poem consists of a versified series of Arabic proverbs illustrated by anecdotes. The Pendname is followed by two similar but shorter mesneviler by the same author, the İbretname (ff 57r-63r) and the Gubretname (ff 63r-67r). The text contains two unvans and an illuminated tailpiece. The manuscript was copied in 1168 AH (1754-55 CE) by Ali İbn-i Ali.
Pendname-i Güvahi - پندنامۀ کواهی
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 7108
- Dates of Creation
- 1168
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 67 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 67 ff. Dimensions : 220 mm x 147 mm. Script : Nesih.
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Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.