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Project / Collection Stowe Collection Language Turkish, Ottoman Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Stowe Or 20

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Stowe Or 20
Title:
Hikayet-i arba'in subh u mesa - حكايت اربعين صبح و مسا
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of the well-known tale entitled in Arabic Ḥikāyat arbaᶜīn ṣubḥ wa masāᵓ,by Aḥmad Maṣrī. The story is also commonly known as The Story of the Forty Viziers (Hikayet-i Kırk Vezir or Kırk Vezir Hikayesi). It is an expansion of an old Indian tale, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 171 ff

2. Stowe Or 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe Or 21
Title:
[Ottoman land transfer document]
Scope & Content:
This scroll contains a nişan-i şerif transferring the timar (military fief) Szent Tamás in the district of Temesvár, from Kâtip Ali, on his resignation, to his son Mehmet. It is addressed to Yusuf, Beylerbey of Temesvár. The document contains a lavishly decorated tuğra of Sultan Murad IV in go...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1037
Extent:
1 text, 2 ff

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