This volume contains the following two texts : (I) ff 1v-90r : [Tarih-i Kostantiniye ve Aya Sofya ve Bazı Hikayat], a history of İstanbul and Aya Sofya containing considerable legendary matter, the last event being the building of Süleymaniye Camii between 1550-57 CE, compiled by Ali el-Arabi,...
This volume contains the compiled poetry of Ruşeni (Dede Ömer), whose death took place in 892 AH (1486-87 CE). It is comprised of the following texts : (I) ff 1v-32r : Kitab-i Miskin, an exposition of the mystical doctrine illustrated by numerous anecdotes ; (II) ff 32v-48v : Kitab-i Çobanna...
This volume contains one complete Divan and a part of a second one, as follows: (I) ff 1v-61r : Divan-i Hasan Akıf el-Selaniki, the collected poetry of Hasan Akıf el-Selaniki (died 1243 AH/1827-28 CE). The identification of the poet has been made by means of a pencil note on the flyleaf that a...
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of the Forty Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم by Seyit İbrahim called Seyit Osmanzade, with a Persian metrical paraphrase by Jāmī. This Ottoman Turkish version, of which no other copy appears to be recorded, is dedicated to Abdülhamit I (r...