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...
Very fine West African copy of the Qur'an. Presented to Lieutenant Lancelot Heygate, Royal Engineers, in Nigeria by Serikim Owdu (?) of Makurdi, Benue River, Nigeria around 1916 and sent by him to his father, Canon Ambrose Heygate, in Cheshire, with a letter detailing provenance. The letter says ...
ff. 1r-179r A history of the Ottoman dynasty from Osman Bey (611 AH/1214 CE) to Sultan Murad Khan (995 AH / 1586 CE). The full title of the work is as follows: كتاب تحفة ال الاصحاب والاقران في تاريخ العثمان تصنيف الامام الفاضل المورخ محمد بن على الشهير بسباهى زاده اعطاه الله الخير وزياده ارخ ...
Ijāza for the recitation and teaching of the Dalā’il al-khayrāt
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This volume contains an ijāza, or license, authorising the recipient, Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm Adham ibn Ḥusayn Rustam al-Ṭirnawawī (of Tarnovo), to recite and teach the Dalā’il al-khayrāt. The Dalā’il was composed by the Moroccan Sufi Muhammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlī (died 870 AH/1465 CE). It went on to be...
Part of a manuscript containing Sures of the Qur’an together with an interlinear Turkish translation of great interest; and early copies of some treatises on Islamic subjects. Folios 1r-50r contain verses from Sūret Yā Sīn (36), from āyet 39 to 47, then from Sūret el-Fetiḥ (48), and el-Mülk (67)...
This volume contains a rare treatise in Arabic on the jurisprudence of apportioning inheritances according to the Hanafi madhhab. A heading on the opening page states that the work was authored by a little known figure, Qirshahirlī Ali Riḍā’ Efendi (Turkish: Kırşehirli Ali Rıza Efendi). The tex...
[Four treatises on jurisprudence in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish]
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This volume contains three Arabic treatises on Islamic jurisprudence, as well as a fourth in Ottoman Turkish. The contents comprise of: I. (ff 2v-36r) This section contains a work in Arabic, in several chapters, on Islamic jurisprudence regarding ta‘zīr (a formal chastisement or reprimand) and ...