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Language Turkish, Ottoman Level [33] SubFonds

21. Or 16122 (1)

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Or 16122 (1)
Title:
[Menakıb-ı Ebu Ali Sina ve karındaşı Ebu’l-Haris] - [مناقب ابو علي سينا وقرنداشى ابو الحارث]
Scope & Content:
This section contains mythical narratives of the extraordinary accomplishments of Ebu Ali Sina (Avicenna, who is the subject of a number of such tales) and his twin brother Ebu’l-Haris based on their mastery of alchemy. In the present manuscript, the word sima is used in error for simya in the t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1172
Extent:
24 ff

22. Or 16122 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16122 (2)
Title:
Acaibü’l-mahlukat - عجائب المخلوقات
Scope & Content:
This section contains extracts from Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican’s (died after 870 AH/1466 CE) Ottoman Turkish translation of Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnī’s (died 682 AH/1283 CE) ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt, an Arabic work on geography and cosmography. Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican’s translation was the most ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Later 12th century
Extent:
40 ff

23. Or 16122 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16122 (3)
Title:
Haza kitab Seyyid Battal Gazi - هذا كتاب سيد بطال غازي
Scope & Content:
This section contains a lengthy Ottoman Turkish version of the popular narrative recounting the heroic exploits of Seyyid Battal Gazi. Little is known of the historical Seyyid Battal, save that he was a gazi who fought under the Umayyads in the early second century AH/eighth century CE. He took...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1183
Extent:
167 ff

24. Or 16237 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16237 (1)
Title:
[Menafiu’n-nas] – [منافع الناس]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a medical treatise, with some passages in verse, by the physician Nidai (died after 975 AH/1567 CE). Known also as Kaysunizade Nidai Mehmed Çelebi, he is not to be confused with Kaysunizade Bedrüddin (died 976 AH/1568 CE), another prominent Ottoman physician and author of Za...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 78 ff

25. Or 16237 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16237 (2)
Title:
Risale-i Tıbbü’n-Nebi - رسالهٔ طب النبی
Scope & Content:
This section contains a lithographed text of 42 pages relating a number of sayings on medical matters attributed to the Prophet Muhammad. According to the short introduction, the work is a translation of the scholar and exegete Abu’l-Qāsim ibn Ḥabīb al-Nīsābūrī’s (died 406 AH/1016 CE) al-Ṭibb a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1276
Extent:
1 text, 42 pages

26. Or 16391 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16391 (1)
Title:
[Nihalistan] – [نهالسـتان]
Scope & Content:
This part (ff 5v-102r) of Or 16391 contains the Nihalistan of the renowned Ottoman writer and poet Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE). He was perhaps the most distinguished writer of ornate Ottoman prose (inşa). Nergisi was born in Sarajevo between the years 988-994 AH/1580-1586 CE. H...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 text, 97 ff (5v-102r)

27. Or 16391 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16391 (2)
Title:
İksir-i devlet - اكسير دولت
Scope & Content:
This part (109v-186r) of Or 16391 contains the İksir-i devlet of the renowned Ottoman writer and poet Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE). He was perhaps the most distinguished writer of ornate Ottoman prose (inşa). Nergisi was born in Sarajevo between the years 988-994 AH/1580-1586 CE...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1064
Extent:
77 ff (109v-186r)

28. Or 16620 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16620 (1)
Title:
Fatihü’l-ebyat - فاتح الابيات
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1032
Extent:
34 ff (3v-37v)

29. Or 17004B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004B
Title:
[Petition from Ottoman Basra]
Scope & Content:
An Arabic-language petition from the Ottoman Vilayet of Basra complaining of the state of municipal services and the general security situation in the region. The signatories state their commitment to the Ottoman Empire and its well-being before enunciating the various ills affecting the Vilayet...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1279
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

30. Or 17004C

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 17004C
Title:
[Ottoman administrative document]
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman administrative document addressed to Huzur-i Sami (?) Cenab Vilayetpenahi and dated 9 Mart 1317 of the Rumi calendar (9 March 1900). The document relates previous petitions made to the Aziziye Regency (?). The verso contains further explanation of the petition in a different hand and...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1317
Extent:
1 text, 1 f