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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16277
Title:: Temsil-i Nokta - تمثيل نقطه
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a treatise in Ottoman Turkish on metaphysics, mystical epistemology, and the esoteric symbolism of letters and dots authored by Şeyh Muhyiddin-i Rumi of Edirne. He was a disciple of Bayezid-i Rumi, Şeyh of the Cemaliyye branch of the Halvetiyye tarikat. He passed away after ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 text, 19 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16283
Title:: Haza Kitab-i Tuhfetü'l-haremeyn li Nabi Rahmet Allah aleyh - هذا كتاب تحفة الحرمين لنابى رحمة الله عليه
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a literary account of the author's journey to Mekke and Medine in the year 1089 AH (1678 CE), composed four years later in mixed prose and verse. The author of the original work is Yusuf Nabi (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE). In addition to the main text, the work also contains a ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1167
Extent:: 1 text, 71 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16389
Title:: [Miscellany of texts in Arabic, Ottoman, and Avar]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a compilation of Islamic religious texts in the Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, and Avar languages. The Avar texts are written in Arabic script. The text was copied for al-Amīr al-Muhājir Dāniyāl Sulṭān by Ghāzī Muhammad in 1270 AH/1853-4 CE. The contents of the volume are: I. 2r-...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1270
Extent:: 17 texts, 172 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16391
Title:: Two works by Nergisi Mehmed Efendi
Scope & Content:: This volume contains the following two works by the renowned Ottoman writer and poet, Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE): 5v-102r: [Nihalistan] 109v-186r: İksir-i devlet For more information on the works, both of which form part of his Hamse, see the individual records for Or 16391 ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: Late 17th century-Early 19th century
Extent:: 2 texts, 186 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16398
Title:: [Bektaşi Texts]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a compilation of eight tracts, most if not all of which appear to be connected with the beliefs and ceremonies of the Bektaşi Order of dervishes, a group whose doctrines combine elements of various Islamic traditions. (I) 1v-5r: Düvazdeh Imam-i Hoca-i Nasir-i Tusi (sic), twe...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1288
Extent:: 8 texts, 40 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16402
Title:: Eş‘ar - اشعار
Scope & Content:: Two didactic religious poems. Neither their titles nor their authors have been identified. This manuscript contains many errors of spelling and orthography. 1 (1v-8v): On worship, doctrine, and ethics. Begins: Besmelẹ Ḥaḳḳa şükridelim (sic) her bār * yaratdı ṣūreti (sic, i.e. ṣūret-i) insān ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1231
Extent:: 1 text; 8 ff.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16405
Title:: [Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a prayer book bringing together Quranic verses, litanies, and supplications in elaborate calligraphic script. The text opens with six chapters (sureler) of the Quran, five of which are commonly found in such devotional compilations, as well as the less common Sure-i Mücadele...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 10th century
Extent:: Several texts, 60 ff

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