Lütfiye-yi Vehbi - لطفیۀ وهبی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7217
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 37 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 37 ff. Dimensions : 230 mm x 156 mm. Ruling : Gold-ruled columns. Script : Nastaliq.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a didactic mesnevi modeled on the Hayriye of Nabi and written by Sünbülzade Vehbi for his son. Sünbülzade Vehbi died in 1224 AH (1809-10 CE). The letters ç and p are not distinguished from c and b throughout the work. The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Related Material

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 12197. For more information about the poem, please see HOP IV, pp. 254-57. For more information about the author, see Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 144; GOD IV, p. 554; Fatin, p. 444; SO IV, p. 618; OM II, p. 236; and Karatay II, p. 226.

Bibliography

There are several printed texts, some of which are found in editions of the Külliyat, but the work was published separately as Mehmet Sünbülzade Vehbi, Lütfiye-i Vehbi (Bulaq: Bulaq Matbaası, 1253 [1837]).