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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...
This volume contains Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha’s (died 1103 AH/1692 CE) grammatical commentary on the Pandnama, the famous mystical and didactic work in Persian attributed to the renowned poet and Sufi Farid al-Din Attar (died 618 AH/1221 CE). As well as being a clerk and statesman, Abdi Pasha was...
A medical treatise, composed and named for a certain Şeyh Kemalüddin. The author, who is not named, evidently belonged to the Sufi milieu in Bursa. The last part of the work consists of healing invocations. He mentions in the preface that having treated Şeyh Kemalüddin he was moved to write down...