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This volume contains the following three texts :. (I) ff 1v-117v : Gavriye, a mystical mesnevi composed by Nakşi Ali Akkermani (died 1065 AH/1655-56 CE). This 4029-beyit poem provides exegesis of a number of the ayetler in the Qur'an;. (II) ff 118v-226r : Aynü'l-hayat, another poem by Nakşi Ali Akkermani that has a didactic nature. In addition to various na't and exegesis of a number of different ayetler, the work also seeks to explore, from a theological and Sufi perspective, the meaning of life;. (III) ff 227v-326v : Divan-i Nabi, the compiled poetry of Nabi (died 1124 AH/1724-25 CE), bearing the date 1152 AH (1739-40 CE). This manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

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Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 27 July 1960.

Another copy of texts I and II can be found at Or 12181. For Nakşi's Divan, see Or 12611 and Or 12872. Other copies of the poems in text III can be found at Or 407, Or 1161, Or 7158 texts 4-6, Or 7159 text 4, Or 7162, Or 7163, Or 10953 text I, and Add MS 7920. For more information about Nakşi Ali Akkermani, see Atik, Hikmet, 'Nakşî-i Akkirmânî: Mutafavvıf şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last consulted : 3 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/naksi-i-akkirmani. For more information about Nabi, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 201. For more information about the Divan-i Nabi, see The contents of the Divan are also stated by Hammer in GOD IV, pp. 51-52.