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[Tuhfetü’z-zaman ve haridetü’l-evan] - [تحفة الزمان وخريدة الاوان]
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This volume contains a treatise on cosmography and on determining prayer times authored in 932 AH/1526 CE by the Ottoman astronomer, astrologer, and timekeeper, Mustafa ibn-i Ali el-Muvakkit (died 979/1571). Mustafa ibn-i Ali was born in Istanbul in the early tenth century AH/sixteenth century ...
Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Daghistan. The colophon on f. 498r names the scribe as 'Murad, the scribe of large Qur'ans' (al-kātib al-muṣaḥif al-‘azam)and the date of AH 1192 (1778/9 AD). No text frames. Verse (ayah) markers are black circles filled with red pigment, 8 mm diameter. Surah hea...
This volume contains the Müzekki’n-nüfus (‘The purifier of souls’), a treatise on Sufism and Islamic ethics by the renowned early Ottoman poet and mystic Eşrefoğlu Rumi (died 874 AH/1469-70 CE), also known as Eşrefzade. Eşrefoğlu was born in Iznik in the late eighth century AH/fourteenth centur...
This volume contains a Persian-Ottoman Turkish encyclopaedic dictionary by Riyazi Mehmed Efendi (died 1054 AH/1644 CE). The work is not to be confused with Katib Çelebi’s short treatise of the same name. Riyazi Mehmed was a pupil of Ebüssuud Efendi (died 982/1574), a religious scholar in his ow...
Risale fi mefhumi’l-feraiz - رساله في مفهوم الفرائض
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This volume contains a detailed treatise on the apportionment of legacies according to the Hanefi school of jurisprudence. As with most works on this subject, a substantial amount of it comprises detailed tables indicating the proportions to be received by various heirs. As is common in feraiz ...
This volume contains an adaptation in Ottoman Turkish of al-Farā’iḍ al-Sirājiyya, the well-known Arabic treatise on the laws of inheritance according to the Hanafi madhhab. The Farā’iḍ was authored by Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī (died after 596 AH/1200 CE). It was frequently translated an...
This volume contains a mesnevi poem in stanzas concerning the life and virtues of the Prophet Muhammad, intended for recitation at gatherings celebrating his birth. The poet was inspired by the highly popular Mevlud of Süleyman Çelebi (died 825 AH/1422 CE). The author does not appear to be name...