[Divan-i Hayali] - [ديوان خيالى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7146
  • Dates of Creation
    • Late 16th century-Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 27 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 27 ff. Dimensions : 224 mm x 155 mm. Script : Divani kırması, with later emendations in a Nesih hand.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetical oeuvre of Hayali Bey (died 964 AH/1556-57 CE), consisting primarily of gazeller. The poems are not arranged according to the kafiye. The manuscript was probably copied in the late 16th or early 17th centuries CE.

Access Information

Not Public Record(s)

Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

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

Related Material

An incomplete copy of this Divan can be found at Or 8112 and other complete copy can be found at Or 9498 and Or 11565. For more information about the author, see OM II, p. 160; HOP III, pp. 58-69; Rossi, p. 190; and YDK I, pp. 135-36.

Bibliography

For a printed version of the Divan, please see Hayali, Hayâlî Bey Divanı, ed. Ali Nihal Tarkan (İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1945).