159

THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.385, cont.)

1AL * <1+3? jl ... ajjjl UljJajj jUIjjtLu, till* jbjj ... <lL I L—xJ JJLJ Cü L*\‘‘ ■“ O >i5 ^ Yt Ends (6a):

^lljüif CiLtSlj >J ^bl oLi jL cjL».^* s & ~>e-*-‘ Ji iü jlj uVjl jjrf t~> jil - » hi uuj l.oKt jL>.

The rhymed version begins {ibidem)-.

j.VnA.O.U^I

3 Ci4.u 4l>hO

a jl Clijo ulualjl < *AU fii jLi. jL*. u '. ._■ ^ jüua jl -j Ends (7a):

ijL». ^aJ a | ^jUl> jï±j >.1 MJJ j| o jl jJlL Jó-1-i

Catalogue entries: Flemming 183 and Götz II, 237-8, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 3425 (III, p. 131); TYTK (Siileymaniye, Ali Nihat Tarlan) 424-5.

Literature: Levend, Gazavdt-nameler, pp. 144-5. (2) ff. 7a-40a

Divan . | ^ A collection of poems. It consists of a kasfde in praise of Sultan Mahmud [I, ruled 1143/1730-1168/1754] (7a); four kasfdes in praise of the former Grand Vizier ibrahïm Pa§a (7b-lib); an ‘fdfye kasfde in praise of the same (lib-12a); eleven kasfdes without heading (12a-21a); a poem in mesnevf rhyme [in praise of the seybülislam ‘Abdullah Efendi, cf. Cod.Or. 12.387, below] (21a-b); a series of fifteen poems in gazel/kasfde format, most of which are chronograms (21b- 26b); 48 gazels (26b-33a); sixteen quatrains (33a-34a); and 50 mUfreds (34a-35a), mostly in dfvan sequence; tahmfses on the mfmfye kasfde by Neff in praise of Sultan Ahmed [III] (35a-38a), on a kasfde by Bakï (38a-39a), on gazels by Nab! (39a-b) and NefT (39b); and a Persian quatrain headed ‘tadmfn-i ‘UrfV (40a). Begins (7a): J ijUnd hi Ojia> ^jJij I" jj £^3 3 aS ^iJLJ * tiljLj) jiJI AAi t-.l, 4 .'tl., s | Ends (40a): jLa. 43-Jus. aljj pAjj ^ « I3 .»>*. Ij jsj ^j^u* j-Itt