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31. Or 16122 (3)

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Or 16122 (3)
Title:
Haza kitab Seyyid Battal Gazi - هذا كتاب سيد بطال غازي
Scope & Content:
This section contains a lengthy Ottoman Turkish version of the popular narrative recounting the heroic exploits of Seyyid Battal Gazi. Little is known of the historical Seyyid Battal, save that he was a gazi who fought under the Umayyads in the early second century AH/eighth century CE. He took...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1183
Extent:
167 ff

32. Or 16237 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16237 (2)
Title:
Risale-i Tıbbü’n-Nebi - رسالهٔ طب النبی
Scope & Content:
This section contains a lithographed text of 42 pages relating a number of sayings on medical matters attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. According to the short introduction, the work is a translation of the scholar and exegete Abu’l-Qāsim ibn Ḥabīb al-Nīsābūrī’s (died 406 AH/1016 CE) al-Ṭibb a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1276
Extent:
1 text, 42 pages

33. Or 16620 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16620 (1)
Title:
Fatihü’l-ebyat - فاتح الابيات
Scope & Content:
This section (3v-37v) contains a commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the first eighteen beyitler of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi’s (died 672 AH/1273 CE) classic Mesnevi-i ma‘nevi. It also includes explanations of some difficult points and words from elsewhere in the Mesnevi. The commentary was authore...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1032
Extent:
34 ff (3v-37v)

34. Or 17004B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004B
Title:
[Petition from Ottoman Basra]
Scope & Content:
An Arabic-language petition from the Ottoman Vilayet of Basra complaining of the state of municipal services and the general security situation in the region. The signatories state their commitment to the Ottoman Empire and its well-being before enunciating the various ills affecting the Vilayet...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1279
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

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