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A brief note in Arabic by Shaykh Shibli of the Druze, as well as his signature in Latin script, followed by an explanation of the text and its context. The Arabic text appears to read: يمكن بينى وبينك اعهد مثل براهيمThe English text below explains that this was written during an interview at al-A...
This volume contains a collection of copies of letters written in a notebook to serve as exercises for translation into official Ottoman style. Some are more or less completely translated, but others are only provided with a marginal vocabulary or interlinear notes. The collection begins with ...
[Copies of Ottoman letters and official documents]
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This volume contains copies of letters, official proclamations and newspaper reports dating between 1264 AH (1847-48 CE) and 1293 AH (1876-77 CE). The first item, which is provided with glosses of difficult expressions, is entitled 'Merhum Sultan Abdülmecit Han Hazretleri tarafından haşmetli İng...
This item contains the first volume of the chronicle of the Ottoman Empire by Ahmet Cevdet Paşa (died 1312 AH/1895 AH), containing the history of the years 1188 AH to 1196 AH (1774-82 CE). This manuscript was likely copied in the 19th century CE.
This volume contains a yafta or death sentence placed above the decapitated corpse of a Ismail, the son of Süleyman, a coffee-house keeper outside of the Qum (?) Gate. Ismail, who had been a member of the 64th company of the disbanded Janissaries, had originally been banished to Tekafur Dağı (...
