[Divan-i Levhi] - [ديوان لوحى]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9828
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Persian Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 29 ff. Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 29 ff. Dimensions : 292 mm x 135 mm. Script : Talik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the collected poetry of Hasan Levhi Efendi of Bursa (died 1165 AH/1751-52 CE), which begins with a miraciye. This is followed by the section containing gazeller, a long terkibibent (ff 20v-24v), a chronogram (f 24v), a kaside with a Persian prose introduction (ff 25r-v), Ebyat-i müteferrika (ff 26r-v), another kaside entitled Şeyh-ül-İslam sabik merhum Seyit Mustafa Efendiye verilmiştir (ff 27r-v), and fınally Şeyh-ül-İslam-i sabik Halil Efendizade saadetli veliü'l-niyam Sait Efendi Hazretlerine verilen tarihdir (ff 28r-29r). The manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.

Access Information

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Unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1927.

Related Material

For more information on Levhi, see Fatin, p. 363; and OM II, p. 405-06.