[Risale-yi Muhammediye] - [رسالۀ محمدیه].

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 13358
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 248 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 248 ff. Dimensions: 195 mm x 140 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the Risale-yi Muhammediye, the religious mesnevi and monorhyme by Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet Efendi of Gelibolu (died ca. 855 AH/1451 CE or 857 AH/1453-54 CE). The manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

For other copies of this work, please see Or 1040, Or 5092, and Or 13906. For information on the author of the poem, please see OM I, pp. 194-6; HOP I, p. 391; Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 168; and Uzun, Mustafa İsmet, 'Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed Efendi: Daha çok Muhammediyye adlı eseriyle tanınan Osmanlı mutasavvıf şairi,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 24 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/yazicioglu-mehmed-efendi.

Bibliography

The text of the poem has been published several times: in Istanbul in 1258, 1270 and 1289 AH; in Bulaq in 1258 AH; and in Qazan in 1845.