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Explore Masnavi records in New York, Baltimore, Manchester and Paris. Record the institution, shelfmark, date, language and relevant book before comparing copies. A digital image, a catalog description and a translation offer different kinds of access to the same work.
This page is the international reading edition. You can also read the detailed Turkish original. Turkish original
Guides prepared using selected sources from Türkiye and international research institutions. Sources appear at the end of each guide.
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Hüsâmeddin Çelebi: Mesnevî’nin yazıya geçişi
Mesnevî’nin oluşumunu bir dostluk ve metin emeği üzerinden okuyun.
Read the guide →Sultan Veled ve mirasın devamı
Mevlânâ’dan sonraki kuşağı ve kurumsallaşmayı tanımak için.
Read the guide →Bahâeddin Veled ve Maârif
Mevlânâ’nın yetiştiği çevreye babasının eserinden bakmak.
Read the guide →Seyyid Burhâneddin: eğitim ve rehberlik
Mevlânâ biyografisindeki öğrenme halkalarından biri.
Read the guide →Selâhaddîn-i Zerkûb ve sohbet çevresi
Şems ile Hüsâmeddin arasındaki dönemi tek bir boşluk gibi okumamak.
Read the guide →Explore world collections
Selected museum and library records. Catalog descriptions, digital images and full-text access vary by institution.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An illuminated Masnavi dated 1488–1489: text and the art of the book.
Open collection record ↗Baltimore · USAThe Walters Art Museum
Illustrated Masnavi W.626, completed in India in 1663.
Open collection record ↗Manchester · UKUniversity of Manchester Library
Book Five of the Masnavi: Persian MS 254 and records of related volumes.
Open collection record ↗London · UKBritish Library
Delhi Persian 1104B: catalog records for annotated copies of Books Five and Six.
Open collection record ↗Paris · FranceBibliothèque nationale de France
The library’s article on a Masnavi copied in Turkey in 1646 (PDF).
Open collection record ↗İstanbul · TürkiyeTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi
A reference article on the work, editions, translations and commentaries.
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