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1. Add MS 88900/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88900/1/12
Title:
Larger items
Scope & Content:
Passports of Frederick North and his sister Lady Charlotte Lindsay Printed addresses of Brigadier-General Sir John Oswald to the inhabitants of the Ionian Isles, and printed verses relating to him. Papers in Turkish or Arabic An agreement between William Matthews and Frederick North relating to a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1811-1815
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 88942/1/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/34
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('J')
Scope & Content:
This notebook is probably the continuation of notebook 'I' (Add MS 88942/1/348) and contains etymological notes on possible derivations and etymological connections between English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek. Talbot also refers to Turkish and Persian and Dutch. In this notebook Ta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1845-1858
Extent:
1 notebook (92 folios, 120 pages of text)

3. Add MS 89463/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89463/1/2
Title:
Papers relating to service with the Egyptian Army in Sudan
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Henry de Coëtlogon's role in Sudan. These include: - documents relating to de Coëtlogon's military promotions during and following his service in the Sudan, including his appointment as Kaimakarn, Qaim-Maqam (Governor General) of Sudan, Mirliwa' (Major General) - mostly wri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1883-1887
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89463/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89463/1/9
Title:
Turkish honours granted to de Coëtlogon
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to medals and titles awarded to de Coëtlogon by the Ottoman Empire for his service in Egypt and Sudan. These include: - one calligraphic letter, with envelope, written in Ottoman Turkish script, partially in a golden ink, dated 1 Jun 1884, granting de Coëtlogon a Third Class Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1884-1888
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89471/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89471/2/2
Title:
Letters to Mary Augusta Gordon
Scope & Content:
Letters to Augusta Gordon regarding the legacy of her brother Charles George Gordon. This file consists of: - a letter from Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown, dated 16 Mar 1886, giving his opinion on the Government’s decision to send C G Gordon to Sudan - a letter from Kashin Elmo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
16 Mar 1886-9 Dec 1888
Extent:
1 folder (5 pages)

6. Harley MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 262
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the book of remel, or divination by means of dots. The preamble of the text tates that it was composed for Hārūn al-Rashīd by a sage known as ᶜAbdallah ibn Ani. The instructions given for consulting it are as follows: make at random an indefinite number of dots on sand or p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 82 ff

7. Harley MS 500

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 500
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish-Persian-Arabic Vocabularies]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following three texts: ff 20v-39v : The Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Mu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
3 texts, 138 ff

8. Harley MS 3273

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3273
Title:
İskendername - اسكندرنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a copy of Ahmedi's İskendername or Alexandreide. Ahmedi, whose full name was, according to one of the copies in the British Library's holdings, Tacuddin Ahmet İbn-i İbrahim el-Ahmedi, is mentioned in the Şakaik (f 18r) and in the Tac'ut-tevarih (f 111r) as one of the Ulema o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 text, 320 ff

9. Harley MS 3280

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3280
Title:
Hümayun-name - همايون نامه
Scope & Content:
The fables of Bidpa'i, freely translated from Persian, in which they are known as the Anvar-i Suhayli, by Ali İbn-i Salih. Ali Çelebi was a native of Edirne and was commonly known as Vasi' Alisi because he had started his career as assistant, or müeyyid, to the professor Mevlana Abdulvasi'. Abd...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 text, 326 ff

10. Harley MS 5454

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5454
Title:
Tuhfe-yi Şahidi - تحفۀ شاهدی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tuhfe-yi Şahidi, a well-known versified Persian-Ottoman Turkish vocabulary composed in 920 AH (1514-15 CE) by Şahidi, who died in 957 AH (1550-51 CE). Mevlana Şahidi, or Şahidi Dede, whose given name was İbrahim, was born in Muğla in the province of Menteşe and entered...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1090
Extent:
1 text, 29 ff