Divançe-yi Sezai - دیوانچۀ سزائی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13368
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 18th century-Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Arabic Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • Codex 62 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 62 ff. Dimensions : 190 mm x 120 mm. Script : Nestalik, with the ferdler in rık'a. Binding : Rebound.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the compiled poetry of Gülşeni Hasan Dede, known as Sezai (died 1151 AH/1738 CE). The Divan opens with a münacat, after which come the gazeller (ff 3v-59v), beginning with the redif in the letter ra'. At least one folio is missing between those numbered 3 and 4. Interspersed between the gazeller are a number of na'tlar and kasideler. Rubaiyat and ebyat conclude the Divan (ff 59v-60v). Three Arabic qaṣā'id by Aḥmad al-Badawī are found on f 61r, and these are followed by ferdler by various Ottoman poets (ff 61v-62r). This manuscript was likely copied in the late 18th or early 19th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Ad Orientem Ltd. in May 1972.

Related Material

Other copies of the Divan can be found at Or 7106, Or 7128 text 2, and Or 7199. For more information on the poet, see OM I, p 84; GOD IV, pp. 257-60; TDK I, pp. 706-13; İA, pp. 547-49; Karatay III, p. 190; and Rossi, p. 215.

Bibliography

The Divan has been published numerous times, including:. Sezai, Divan-i Sezai (Bulak: [Bulak Matbaası], 1256 [1840]). Sezai, Divan-i Sezai ([İstanbul]: Tophane-yi Amire, 1267 [1851]). Sezai, Sezayi-i Gülşenî Divan, Şahver Çelikoğlu ed. (İstanbul: Yazı yayıncılık, 1985).