Dilgüşa-yi Kaygusuz Aptal - دل كشاء قيغيسز ابدل

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12682
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 36 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 36 ff. Dimensions : 210 mm x 133 mm. Script : Nestalik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a Sufi work in mixed prose and verse attributed to Kaygusuz Aptal, the traditional founder of the Bektaşi tekke at Cairo. He was the Halife of Derviş Aptal Musa. This manuscript is undated, but was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 23 November 1961.

Related Material

Another copy of this work can be found at Or 7326. For more information on the author of the original text and his context, see Revue de la Turcologie: Tome II, Livre I (Alexandrie: Imprimerie ettihad, 1936), pp. 77-98; A. Gölpinarlı, Kaygusuz Abdal: Hayatı, Kul Himmet (İstanbul: Varlık Yayınevi, 1953); TYD I, pp. 67-68; OM I, p. 144; Ergun, Sadeddin Nüzhet, Bektaşi Şairleri ve Nefesleri: Bektaşi Edebiyatı Antolojisi IV (İstanbul: Maarif Kitaphanesi, 1944), p. 196; and Azamat, Nihat, 'Kaygusuz Aptal: Alevî-Bektaşî edebiyatının kurucusu olarak kabul edilen mutasavvıf şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 10 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/kaygusuz-abdal.