[Divan-i Necati] - [ديوان نجاتى].

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7172
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 171 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 171 ff. Dimensions : 184 mm x 121 mm. Script : Nastaliq. Binding : Contemporary binding with stamped medallion.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Necati (died 914 AH/1508-09 CE), commencing with a Na't-i şerif. This is followed by kasideler (ff 4r-48r), müfredat and miscellaneous short poems of a similar character of which the first is a Persian gazel (ff 48v-58r). The volume ends with gazeller (ff 58v-171r). The manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Related Material

For other Divan by the same poet, please see Or 7263 and Add MS 7929. For more information on the poet, please see YDK I, pp. 77-78; Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 171; Sehi, Latifi, Karatay II, p. 110-11; OM II, p. 435; HOP II, pp. 93.