This volume contains the following seven texts in both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish: (I) ff 2v-5v : A brief tract without the author's name provided, on the legal rules of prayer and ablutions ; (II) ff 3r-4v (margins) : Erbain hadis, forty Aḥādīth relating to prayer, compiled by İmad İbn-i Eb...
This volume contains the following two texts : (I) ff 1v-71v : Dakaikü'l-hakaik, a treatise on the niceties of the Persian language, especially on the fine distinctions existing between synonyms. The author, whose name does not appear in this copy, is Şemseddin Ahmet İbn-i Süleyman İbn-i Kemal...
This volume contains the following six texts in Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and Arabic : (I) ff 1v-36r : A model letter collection for the use of military officers. It contains models of letters by Zağarcıbaşılar, Çorbacıbaşılar, Turnacıbaşıları, and others to the Kâya Bey, or the Ağa of Janissa...
Netaicu'l-fünun ve mehasinü'l-mütun - نتائج الفنون و محاسن المتون
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This volume contains an encyclopedia of twelve sciences compiled by Nev'i. The author, who designates himself by this mahlas, was Yahya İbn-i Pir Ali İbn-i Nasuh, the son of a Şeyh of Malgara. Born there in 940 AH (1533-34 CE), he became one of the eminent Ulema and poets of the reign of Murat I...
This volume contains the following texts: (I) ff 1v-40v : Hayriname, a moral poem by Yusuf Nabi; (II) ff 41v-88r : Mizanu'l-hak fi ihtiyari'l-ehak, a text on philosophical method applied to the discussion of Islamic doctrine by Mustafa İbn-i Abdullah, also known as Hacı Halife or Kâtip Çelebi...