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1421. Or 12997

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12997
Title:
[Cülusname] - [جلوسنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a cülusname or letter from Sultan Süleyman II (reigned 1687-91 CE) to James II, 'King of England, Scotland and Ireland', dated Saturday, 2 Muharrem 1099 AH (Thursday, 8 November 1687 CE) announcing the Sultan's accession and promising that the Ottoman government would mainta...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1099
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

1422. Or 12998

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12998
Title:
İmadu'l-İslam - عماد الاسلام
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the İmadu'l-İslam, an enlarged translation into Ottoman Turkish of the ᶜumdat al-Islām (عمدة الاسلام), a Persian work on jurisprudence by ᶜabd al-ᶜazīz-i Fārsī. The translator's name is given as Abdurrahman İbn-i Yusuf Aksarayi. On ff 1v-2r there is a table of content and ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
982
Extent:
1 text, 281 ff

1423. Or 13006

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13006
Title:
Compendium of alchemical treatises in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two manuscripts. The first (ff. 3-112) was the notebook of Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī, who copied into it thirteen alchemical texts between 919 AH/AD 1513 and 925 AH/AD 1519, first at Fez and then at Damascus (see colophons on ff. 11r, 14r, 57r and 66r). The second (f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
919-1177
Extent:
Codex; ff. 159+i

1424. Or 13006, f 112v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13006, f 112v
Title:
Cancelled page of Ottoman alchemical poetry Anonymous
Scope & Content:
A page of anonymous alchemical poetry in Ottoman Turkish, which has been struck through and cancelled. Its catchword does not match the first word of the following folio. Begins (f. 112v, lines 2-3): گل ای نجم سعادت آفتابی ° اِشِت گل كيبی بو نازک جوابی ندندر سيم وزريا علم كميا ° قوپر هر قطردن...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
c 930
Extent:

f. 112v

1425. Or 13020

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13020
Title:
[Miscellany of religious works]
Scope & Content:
A miscellany of religious works written in a Slavonic language in the Arabic script containing elements of both the south and west Slavonic languages. It begins with a series of anecdotes taken from the Qisas al-anbiya (Kısasu'l-enbiya), interspersed with commentaries on some of the shorter Sura...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Slavic languages, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:

Codex, ff. 125

1426. Or 13026

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13026
Title:
[Ferman] - [فرمان]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a ferman allowing the British ships Crescent, John Tuder, and Bianco to pass the Customs House and the Dardanelles. The ferman is dated avahır Ramazan 1251 AH (mid-January 1836 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1251
Extent:
1 text, 1 folio

1427. Or 13034

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13034
Title:
Verzeichnis einer kostbaren und selten Samlung von 107 Handschriften in der türkischen, arabischen und persischen Sprache
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a listing and description of the 107 manuscripts in the British Library's holdings acquired from Alexandre Jaba (Alexandre August Zaba) by the British Museum in 1872. The manuscripts are divided according to the language of their contents (Turkish, Arabic, or Persian) and th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, German, Latin, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 text, 28 ff

1428. Or 13051

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13051
Title:
Tezkire-yi Riyazi - تذکرۀ ریاضی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the biographies of Ottoman Turkish poets with examples of their verses. The author, Riyazi (died 1054 AH/1644-45 CE), completed this work in 1018 AH (1609 CE) and dedicated it to Sultan Ahmet I. It is a work of very considerable value for the literary history of this period....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1337
Extent:
1 text, 165 ff

1429. Or 13054

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13054
Title:
Hamayil - حمائيل
Scope & Content:
A miscellany of prayers and religious tracts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and a Slavic dialect used by the Lithuanian Tatars, written in Arabic script. This manuscript was copied in 1828 by Mustafa Bahdanovich in Tatar Street in the city of Slonim (Belarus).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Slavic languages, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1828
Extent:
Codex, 240 ff

1430. Or 13055

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13055
Title:
[Divan-i Nazmi] - [ديوان نظمى]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the compiled poetry of Mehmet Nazmi (died 1112 AH/1700-01 CE), consisting of kasideler and longer poems (ff 1v-34r), followed by gazeller (ff 35v-75r), chronograms, mostly of events in the reign of Sultan İbrahim (reigned 1640-48 CE), and quatrains (ff 77r-78v). At the end o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 text, 81 ff

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