[Divan-i Hayali] - [ديوان خيالى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11565
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 149 ff Materials : Gold-sprinkled paper tinted in various colours. Foliation : European, 149 ff. Dimensions : 255 mm x 112 mm. Ruling : Text in two columns. Script : Talik. Ink : Main text in black ink with headings in gold.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Mehmet Hayali (died 964 AH/1556-57 CE). It is divided into two sections, neither of which bears a heading. The gazeller begin on f 33r. This manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1935.

Related Material

For other copies of the Divan-i Hayali, please see Or 7146, Or 8112, and Or 9498. For more information on Hayali, see OM II, p. 160; HOP III, pp. 58-69; Rossi, p. 90; YDK I, pp. 135-42; and Karatay II, pp. 117-18, 248.