This work is not mentioned by Uludağ. The work exists in several variants: a
purely Arabic version; a version with a Persian verse translation. Show more
Date of composition is Shawwal
691, given in MS, Süleymaniye Yazma Eser
Kütüphanesi, Şehid Ali Paşa, n. 2735 , on fol. 185v.
Place of composition is probably Tabriz, but not stated.
Although the introduction to the work in both mss describes it as such, and it
in both it immediately follows the qasida, it is a wholly distinct work, written for
the benefit of kings, sultans and viziers who were unable to follow fully the Sufi
way. Show more
Written for a female member of the ruling house in Sinop , the descendant of a certain Zayn
al-Din, perhaps a member of the Pervaneid or Çobanid dynasties.