Hezeliyat-i Süruri Efendi - هزليات سرورى افندى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8893
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1267
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 46 ff Materials : Paper tinted pink, pale green, and yellow. Foliation : European, 46 ff. Dimensions : 195 mm x 133 mm. Ruling : Double-ruled blue text frames. Script : Nesih inclining to rık'a.

Scope and Content

This volume contains humorous and satirical poems by Seyit Osman Süruri, also known as Süruri-i Müerrih or Süruri-i Hezzal. When writing in a humorous or satirical vein, Süruri would take the mahlas Havai. His death took place in 1229 AH (1813-14 CE). The poems (entitled muzhikat in other copies) consist of a tahmis (ff 2r-v), gazeller (ff 3r-15v), hicviyat (ff 15v-17v), chronograms (here called tarih mukattaat) (ff 18r-27r), mukattaat (ff 27r-43v), and, lastly, müfredat (ff 44r-46r). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 1267 AH (1850-51 CE) by Fikri.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1921.

Related Material

Other copies of these poems can be found at Or 7121 and Or 12684. Süruri's Divan can be found at Or 7209. For more information on Süruri, see GO, p. 379; OM II, p. 238; HOP IV, pp. 265-278; SO III, p. 13; and GOD IV, p. 489.

Subjects

Humour
Satire