A UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT (876/1471) OF ‘ALĪ SHĪR NAVĀ’Ī’S POETRY FROM THE AQ QOYUNLUS

Аннотация

The manuscript dīvān of ‘Alī Shīr Navā’ī (1441–1501) (Egyptian National Library (Cairo). Lit.Turc. 68) was copied in 876/1471 in the Aq Qoyunlu state (1378–1501). The Aq Qoyunlu dynasty supported close ties with the Timurids. Navā’ī’s adherents in the Aq Qoyunlu state compiled and copied the dīvān; therefore, it can conditionally be called the Dīvān of the Aq Qoyunlu Admirers. It has great significance for researchers who study Navā’ī’s work as the second dīvān after the Ilk dīvān (Initial dīvān), which was compiled by Navā’ī’s devotees in 870/1465-1466. The Dīvān of the Aq Qoyunlu Admirers includes Navā’ī’s poems that were written up until 1471, the year he turned thirty. The poem language was partially adapted to the Oghuz Turkic language, which prevailed across the Aq Qoyunlu state. The manuscript was copied by a famous calligrapher who served in the court of the Aq Qoyunlu rulers – namely, ‘Abd al-Raḥīm Khwārazmī – who wrote poems under the pseudonym (takhalluṣ) Anīsī.