On the manuscripts of the babur’s divan and its formation

Abstract

In this article, a brief description of the manuscripts of Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur’s Divan and its status in libraries around the world was written. Literary values, textual features and differences of Divan copies were tried to be explained. Copy differences in the poems of the poet were identified and the opinions on this issue were also examined. A comparison study between Babur divans has not been done before. In this study, the literary value and textual features of the divan were compared and differences were identified. Some theoretical views on the formation of manuscript copies of the Divan have also been analyzed and examined. In this study, it was suggested that a comparative summary text, not an edition-critical text, should be compiled in Babür Divan based on examples, and the reasons for the textual differences between the divans were emphasized. In addition, the previous studies on Babur Divan were mentioned and these studies were classified and the determinations made by those who worked on the text were evaluated.

Keywords

• babur
• manuscript
• diwan
• lyric