[Divan-i Hayali] - [ديوان خيالى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8112
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 84 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 84 ff. Dimensions : 218 mm x 128 mm. Script : Small talik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Mehmet Hayali (died 964 AH/1557 CE). This copy lacks some folios at the beginning and starts with a gazel. On f 82v there are miscellaneous poems beginning with mukattaat. This manuscript was likely copied during the first half of the 17th century CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1914.

Related Material

Other complete copies of this Divan can be found at Or 7146, Or 9498, and Or 11565. For more information about the author, see OM II, p. 160; HOP III, pp. 58-69; Rossi, p. 190; and YDK I, pp. 135-36.

Bibliography

For a printed version of the Divan, please see Hayali, Hayâlî Bey Divanı, ed. Ali Nihal Tarkan (İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1945).