I. Parlatir , Gy. Hazai , B. Kellner-Heinkele (comp.): Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Catalogue - II. Literature

Mesnevi of Y

AHYA B

EY (d. 990/1582), who is known in Turkish literature as TAŞLıCALı Y

AHYA <see N° 143>. Giilşen-i envar is the last book of Y

AHYA BEY'S Hamse. It was written in 1551. The religious and didactic mesnevi is divided into four chapters and contains seven mertebe

s. After three tevhids, three münacats and three na 'ts, it begins with the praise of Kanunî Sultan Süleyman (1520-1566); the degrees of the saints are characterized in the seven mertebe s. The heading of the manuscript of this Mesnevi says Kitab-ı Gülşen-i envar. At the end of the manuscript there is a prayer. The oldest known copy of the work is N° 1636 in the Esat Efendi collection of the Süleymaniye Library. Literature: B. KAYABAŞI, Taşlıcalı Yahya Bey ve Gülşen-i Envar: İnceleme, metin. (İnÜ 1991. Yit); İ. DOĞANYİĞİT, Yahya Bey: Gülşeni Envar (ErÜ 1992. Yit). For manuscripts in other collections sec: RIEU, N° Or. 1

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/1. 149 TÖRÖK Qu. 7 (Work N° I in the manuscript) (See also N° 150) Pages 1-127 (= fols. I b—64a); independent paginations; 23 lines; double columns; p.d. 286 x 174 mm, w.s. 220 x 110 mm. Leather-bound; with gilded rosette; with chain-pattern; with flap bound inversely; in good condition. Paper: with watermarks; script: ta'lik

; ink: black; catchwords. Hayretii'l-ebrâr (jl

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EVA

Î (d. 906/1501) <see N° 120>, was written in 888/1483 as a nazire to the works Mahzenü'l-esrar of the famous Persian 123