Risale-yi Muhammadiye - رسالۀ محمدیه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 5092
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 223 ff Materials : Tinted paper (pink, blue and yellow). Foliation : European, 223 ff. Dimensions : 405 mm x 250 mm. Ruling : Gold double-ruled columns. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

The well-known religious poem of Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet Efendi of Gelibolu (died 855 AH/1451 CE or 857 AH/1453-54 CE), completed in 853 AH (1449-50 CE). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was probably copied in the early 17th century CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased in 1897.

Related Material

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 1040, Or 13358, and Or 13906. For information on the author of the poem, please see OM I, pp. 194-6; HOP I, p. 391; Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 168; and Uzun, Mustafa İsmet, 'Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed Efendi: Daha çok Muhammediyye adlı eseriyle tanınan Osmanlı mutasavvıf şairi,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 24 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/yazicioglu-mehmed-efendi.

Bibliography

The text of the poem has been published several times: in Istanbul in 1258, 1270 and 1289 AH; in Bulaq in 1258 AH; and in Qazan in 1845.