This volume contains the collected poetry of Yahya Efendi, Şeyh ül-İslam (died 1053 AH/1643-44 CE). The text of this Divan consists almost entirely of gazeller (ff 1v-38v), with various beyitler from f 39r to the end, including a chronogram giving the date 1009 AH (1600-01 CE). Further poems by Yahya appear on ff 41v-42r. ff 1-2, 7, and 18 all appear to have been restored on glossy paper, although the hand in which they have been copied is fairly consistent with that used in the rest of the manuscript. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
Divan-i Yahya Efendi - ديوان يحيى افندى
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 7221
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 42 ff Materials : Paper, glossy paper used for ff 1, 2, 7, 18. Foliation : European, 42 ff. Dimensions : 183 mm x 110 mm. Ruling : Red-ruled borders. Script : Nastaliq.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.
Bibliography
Yahya Efendi, Divan-i Yahya Efendi, edited by İbnülemin Mahmut Kemal İnal (İstanbul: Matbaa-yi Amire, 1334 [1915-16]). Yahya Efendi, Şeyhülislâm Yahya Divanı, edited by Rekin Ertem (Kızılay, Ankara: Akçağ, 1995).