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An autobiographical travel book by a Nakşibendi derviş Hâkî Dede, containing descriptions of places through which he travelled and accounts of famous personages from his time, including the Özbek Han Abdullah Han (1580-1598) and Persian Şah Abbas (1587-1629). The work is chiefly in verse, with a few sections of prose. Given that the work contains a section on Istanbul, and Hâkî Dede arrived to Istanbul "towards the end of Mehmed III's reign" (1595-1603) (see S̲üreyyā, Sicill-i ʻOs̲mānī, II, p. 264), the work must have been composed between ca. 1600 and 1617, and an ownership date of 1618-19 (see ownership note below) indicates that the copy was made before 1619, so possibly while Hâkî Dede was still alive.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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- [between 1600 and 1619]
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- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Subject
- Voyages and travels—1450-1800—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Middle East—Description and travel—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Khurāsān (Iran)—Description and travel—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Baghdad (Iraq)—Description and travel—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Istanbul (Turkey)—Description and travel—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—17th century
- Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—17th century
- Poetry
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