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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8759
Title:: [Collection of Persian and Ottoman riddles]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a collection of enigmas, all of which are in Persian except for a few in Ottoman Turkish (ff 40r-105r) by Emri Çelebi (died 982 AH/1574-75 CE). The muammayat are provided with interlinear explanations in Ottoman Turkish. This manuscript was copied by Hasan İbn-i Abdullah...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1134
Extent:: Codex, 110 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8763
Title:: [Collection of fragments]
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a collection of the following manuscript fragments : (I) ff 1v-5v : An Arabic text, possibly with Ahādīth ; (II) ff 6r-26v : Persian text including questions and answers as well as short stories or texts ; (III) ff 27r-43v : Persian stories ; (IV) ff 44r-51v : An Ott...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: Codex, 54 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8769
Title:: Majmua
Scope & Content:: A collection of nine texts: (1) ff 1v-32r : Bāb 5 of an unidentified work, beginning with a commentary upon Qur’ān 9:72 completed in 860 AH (1455-46 CE); with the following notes on ff 32v-34r ; (2) f 32v : An account of how Adam was instructed by Gabriel to perform ghusl (major ablution) ; ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: Codex, ff 81