Husn u Dil - حسن و دل

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9502
  • Dates of Creation
    • 961
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 126 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 126 ff. Dimensions : 213 mm x 132 mm. Script : Nestalik. Ink : Black ink with headings in blue and gold.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation in mixed prose and verse of the Persian mystical allegory by Fattāḥī of Nīshāpūr. The author of the Ottoman Turkish version is Ahi (Benlü Hasan Çelebi) who died in 923 AH (1517-18 CE). The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript was copied in 961 AH (1553-54 CE).

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Related Material

Another copy of this translation can be found at Or 7070. A copy of the translation by Sıdki can be found at Or 7208 text I; and one by Vali can be found at Or 7127. An illustrated copy of the Persian original can be found at Or 11843. For more information on the text, which was never completed, see HOP II, p. 293-296; and Karatay II, p. 72.