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

DERVİŞ SİHRÎ (d. in the 16

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h e.) is given as the author of this work. In literature, there is only little information on this poet originally called Mehmed. He is said to have been in contact with the tezkire authors, ÂŞ1K ÇELEBİ and MESİHÎ. In his Tezkire, ÂŞIK ÇELEBİ demonstrates his skills in creating anecdotes, stories and aphorisms. Literature: TDEA 8.16. Due to the loss of this copy's end, the description of the manuscript remains incomplete. The work is preceded by the risale s Vahdet-name-i Arşî (lb—

65b), Kitab-ı kenzü 'l-bedayi (66b-70b) and Saadet-name (71a-73b). 182 TÖRÖK O. 181 (Work N° II in the manuscript) Fols. 136b—

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60a; 15 lines; double columns; p.d. 170 x 114 mm, w.s. 1

13 x 70 mm. Leatherbound; with rosette inset; in good condition. Paper: with watermarks; script: nesih; ink: black; catchwords. 1

İşret-nâme (<uboA) (Opening heading/ser/ev/ta: 136b) Begins: CJ LI. LJ I ^yz li CI) Li. tlajU a

1 fi^ aa- a* cra

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1 Ends: I EJj <-o-o jz. (160a) ^LiaL jJEGi-iL fiz fiz <5 Mesnevi by R

EVAN! (d. in 930/1524) (1

37b/l38b). R

EVANI, whose real name was İlyas Şuca Çelebi, was responsible for the Sürre eminliği during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512). As he was involved in improper affairs, he went to Trabzon and was at Şehzade Selim's service. When Sultan Selim became Sultan (1512), he took R

EVANI to Istanbul and made him chief of the imperial kitchen (matbah emini). During the last years of his life, he worked for charity and had a small mosque built in his name in Fatih Kırk Çeşme. Later, he was to be buried in the cemetery belonging to it. Other works by the same author: 1. Divan, 2. İşret-name. Sources indicate that there exists also a Hamse of the same author. 148