This volume contains a mecmua (miscellany) with a diverse range of texts and fragments of information: (1) f 1r-5r: Notes and diagrams, chiefly concerned with Arabic and Persian grammar (2) f 6v-7r: Verses by various Ottoman poets (3) f 8r-10r: Examples of formal letters and memoranda (4) f ...
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish commentary on, and translation of, the Kasidetü’l-Bürde (‘The ode of the mantle’), the renowned Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad. The work was composed by Muhammed b. Said el-Busiri (Born 608 AH/1211 CE, died between 694 and 696 AH/1294 and 12...
This volume contains a compilation of fetava assembled as a reference collection from numerous sources by Nakibüleşraf es-Seyyid Mehmed Rıza ibn-i Ahmed el-Kırımi (died 1169 AH/1755 CE), a müftü, kadı, and poet with an interest in history and Sufism. Born in the Crimea (Kırım), Seyyid Mehmed se...