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Language Arabic Subject Sufism--Doctrines--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 5986

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Add MS 5986
Title:
Beşaretname - بشارىنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Hurufi tract treating especially the mystical meaning hidden behind the letters of the Qur'an, composed by Refi'i. The author designates himself by his mahlas only, which occurs on ff 27r, 29v, and 34r. He appears to have been a disciple of Seyit İmadüddin Nesimi, a well...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 34 ff

2. 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

3. Or 12653

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12653
Title:
[Ottoman texts on religion]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following four texts on Islam : (I) ff 2v-18r : Ta’wīlāt Ḥaḍrat Jamāl al-Dīn Khalwatī (Chalabī Khalīfah) (تأويلات حضرت جمال الدين خلوتى (چلبی خلیفه)), in Arabic, copied in 1246 AH (1830-31 CE) ; (II) ff 18v-20r : Aṭwār sabᶜa sayyidunā al-Shaykh ᶜabd al-Qādir al-Gīlānī...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
4 texts, 108 ff

4. Or 13568

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13568
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following five texts : (I) ff 1v-51r : el-Maksad el-aksa tercümesi, the Ottoman Turkish translation of an Arabic treatise on Sufism by ᶜabd al-ᶜazīz al-Nasafī entitled al-Maqṣad al-aqṣá (المقصد الاقصى) ; (II) ff 51v-52v : Haza Şerh-i acayıp, notes on the properties of...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
5 texts, 102 ff

5. Or 15944

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15944
Title:
Tazarru‘name - تضرعنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tazarru‘name, a work on spiritual concepts and doctrines with praises of the prophets and sacred personalities. It was authored by Sinan Paşa (died 891 AH/1486 CE), an Ottoman religious scholar, Sufi, and statesman. Sinan Paşa was born between 841-845 AH/1437-1441 CE. H...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 207 ff

6. Or 16186

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16186
Title:
[Müfid] – [مفيد]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 text, 135 ff