Kitab-i Sudi-yi Hafız - كتاب سودى حافظ

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12177
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1111
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 308 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 308 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 125 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the latter half of the Ottoman Turkish commentary on the Divan of Hafız by Sudi of Bosnia (died 1005 AH/1595-96 CE). On the last folio is a chronogram that states that the work was completed in 1003 AH (1594-95 CE). The text contains a single unvan, and the first two folios are decorated with floral designs in gold. Folios 105 and 106 have been bound upside down. An obscure chronogram on the last folio gives the name of the copyist as Vehbi and the date of transcription as 1111 AH (1699-1700 CE) or 1199 AH (1784-85 CE). The former seems to be the more likely date, judging from the appearance of the manuscript.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 3 February 1958.

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 3205. For more information on Sudi and on the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 158-59; and OM I, p. 323.