[Codex of works by Kani]

The current volume contains a collection of works by Kani :. ff 1v-82v : Münşeat, letters, consisting mostly of those associated with Yeğen Mehmet Paşa, but also containing private letters, many of which are labeled only as suret-i mektup;. ff 83v-201v : Kani Divanı, this collection of poetry begins with a prose preface by Nuri, who edited the volume at the request of Mehmet Reşit Efendi. The first poem is entitled Der vasf-ı Besmele-yi şerif. This is followed by kasideler and chronograms (ff 83v-137r) and gazeller (ff 137v-186v). The Divan ends with mukattaat (ff 189v-202v). This volume was likely copied in the early 19th century.

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

For more information on the first text and on the author, please see Rieu, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 102; Flügel I, p. 274; and Aumer, p. 61.