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Netaicü’l-fünun ve mehasinü’l-mütun – نتائج الفنون ومحاسن المتون
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This volume contains a concise encyclopaedia reviewing the twelve principal branches of learning by the poet and religious scholar Yahya ibn-i Pir Ali (died 1007 AH/1599 CE), whose mahlas was Nev‘i. Nev‘i was born in 940 AH/1533-34 CE in Malkara. His father was a Halveti shaykh, and it was from...
This volume contains the Kanunname-yi Cedid, a compilation of laws and regulations put together during the reign of Mehmed IV (reigned 1058-1099 AH/1648-1687 AD). It takes into account the judgments of a range of jurists from the period of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 926-974 AH/1520-1566 C...
This volume contains the third volume (of what would originally have been four) of an Old Anatolian Turkish version of the commentary on the Quran by the theologian, jurisconsult, and Sufi of Transoxania Ebü’l-Leys Semerkandi (died 373 AH/983 CE). Ebü’l-Leys was a prolific writer in a number of ...
An Ottoman Turkish almanac comprising 12 pages of tables of predictions by each day of each month of the year. The manuscript starts with an overview of the year and its correlation to the zodiac (f. 2r), followed by monthly predictions. The monthly predictions are accompanied by advice purporte...
[Manuscript containing two texts related to Mevlana Rumi]
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This volume contains the following two works: (1) 3v-37v, Fatihü’l-ebyat – فاتح الابيات This is İsmail Rusuhi Ankaravi’s (died 1041 AH/1631 CE) commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the first eighteen beyitler of Mevlana Rumi’s (died 672 AH/1273 CE) Mesnevi. (2) 38v-138r: [Risāla-i Sipahsālār] – [...
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...