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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Language Arabic Place Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

1. Harley MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 262
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the book of remel, or divination by means of dots. The preamble of the text tates that it was composed for Hārūn al-Rashīd by a sage known as ᶜAbdallah ibn Ani. The instructions given for consulting it are as follows: make at random an indefinite number of dots on sand or p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 82 ff

2. Harley MS 500

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 500
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish-Persian-Arabic Vocabularies]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following three texts: ff 20v-39v : The Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Mu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
3 texts, 138 ff

3. Harley MS 5466

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5466
Title:
Arabic-Ottoman Turkish Vocabulary
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a versified Arabic-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary that does not include the author''s name. In a prologue in mesnevi, the work is described as an improved and enlarged recension of the vocabulary composed by Ferişteoğlu, the versification of which, according to the author, was n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Latin, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1101
Extent:
1 text, 48 ff

4. Harley MS 5487

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5487
Title:
Tuhfe-yi Şahidi - تحفۀ شاهدی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Muğla in the province of Menteşe and entered...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 19 ff

5. Harley MS 5490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5490
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains texts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The following 17 texts are in Ottoman Turkish, unless otherwise noted: (I) ff 4r-16v : Necatu'l-garik, a religious poem by Hüdai under the heading 'Haza risale fi'l-cem' ve'l-tefrik el-müsemma bi-Necatu'l-garik.' The author's n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
21 texts, 374 ff

6. Harley MS 5522

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5522
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a book of remel, the science of divining through the use of dots. Its arrangement is largely similar to the text found in Harley MS 262. In a preface, the book is said to have been written for Hārūn al-Rashīd by 12 sages selected out of twelve thousand, and to comprise 144...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 76 ff