Divan-i Kudsi - ديوان قدسى

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12612
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1300
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 36 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 36 ff. Dimensions : 206 mm x 140 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the compiled poetry of Kudsi (Hocazade Hüseyin?), a poet who lived in the 19th century CE, judging by the chronograms that range from 1296 AH (1878-79 CE) to 1300 AH (1882-83 CE). The Divan begins with a prose preface and contains many mesneviler. This manuscript was copied, with many corrections, around 1300 AH (1882-83 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum on 26 July 1961 from Dr. Oskar Rescher.