Nizamudd？n Kar？ and Humorous Nazires in his Divan-？ Elbise

D？van-？ Elbise is a Persian divan (collection of poems), written in a satiric and humorous way. In this divan there are many examples of the jargon used among the tailors and weavers of the 9th century of Hijri Calendar. The writer of the divan is Nizameddin Kar？. The divan was first published in 1303 (A.H) by Mirza Habib-？ Isfahan？ in Istanbul. There are three copies of the manuscript in Istanbul University Rarebooks Library. The divan is written both in verse and prose. In the divan, there are also citations from the verses of poets such as Nizamuddin Kar？, Hafez, Saadi, Rumi, Selman-？ Saveci and Hacu-yi Kirmani and his responses to these citations. In the divan the verses are written in a variety of verse forms such as ghazal, qasidah, masnavi and quatrain. This study presents information about the life of Nizamudd？n Kar？ and his famous work D？van-？ Elbise as well as pointing out which poets’ poems Kar？ compensates (tazmin) and how he responds to them. In addition, the copies of D？van-？ Elbise in Istanbul are briefly mentioned