Literary text: JRL A 687

Literary text JRL A 687

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JRL A 687
Primary Language
Judaeo-Turkish

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Poetry in Judaeo-Turkish. In two sections, the second may be a distinct scribal hand. The verses bear central themes of love, deference, and suffering (excerpts): "fate is thus: I swear a solemn vow and by my faith to you... my lord, my master.... gladly, I will burn and look (to you), blood moist and spilling down the sides (of my face)." These verses and their author(s) may be identifiable through future research within the canon of early modern Ottoman Turkish poetry. Identified by M. Dudley // October 2026 "Varmış çık(ג׳ק?) nin .erdin aşkın çık çık ṭının(?) izran(?) Bululmas sar sar sarisin sen aman aman Bak ki ḥalimi sar sarisin izran(?) Bululmas sar sar sarisin sen aman aman: l[... Nazilim yılmış asla ti hanım yüzülsün üstüne yoktur maha.(?) : yüzülsün : Felek budur sana aḥṭım imanım iman zifki(?) ile efendim sulṭanım : iman : Khayr yanırım beş ar.ima(?) bakarım yüzlerim dem kana yaşlar dökerim (=دوكمك) : yüzlerim dem qana yaşlar dökerim"

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES A 687;
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In PGP since 2019
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JRL A 687 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL A 687 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL A 687. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28309/ (accessed October 14, 2026).