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1541. Or 14129

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14129
Title:
[Two Ottoman Turkish texts]
Scope & Content:
This volume contanis the following two texts: (II) ff 1v-20v : Risale-yi ilm-i kiyafet ve firaset, a treatise on the arts of physiognomy, compiled from Arabic and Persian sources by el-Hacc Mustafa İbn-i Evrenos for Sultan Selim (likely Selim II, reigned 974-82 HA/1566-74 CE). The present manu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 texts, 55 ff

1542. Or 14130

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14130
Title:
Fetava-yi Ali Efendi - فتاوى على افندى
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected fetava of Şeyh-ül-İslâm Çatalcalı Ali Efendi (born 1041 AH/1631-32 CE; died 1103 AH/1692 CE, only a few months after his appointment to Şeyh-ül-İslâm). The text contains marginal notes throughout, and there is slight water staining in the upper and lower marg...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 310 ff

1543. Or 14157

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14157
Title:
Silsile-yi Hattatin - سلسلۀ خطاطین
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a late Ottoman Turkish genealogical tree of scribes and calligraphers of the Islamic world and especially the Ottoman Empire. The first name mentioned is that of the Prophet İsmail, and among the last is Ali Namık, who was active in 1283 AH (1866-67 CE). In some cases, biogr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1870-1880
Extent:
1 text, 19 ff

1544. Or 14172

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14172
Title:
Vakıfname
Scope & Content:
This is an Ottoman calligraphic vakıf deed in the name of el-Hac Mustafa Ağa ibn-i Mehmed Beg ibn-i Abdülvedud (died 1004 AH/ 1596 CE). He is named on f 10r, at the conclusion of the preamble. Also known as Beyazi (“White”) Mustafa, he held the office of Darüssaade Ağası between 1001-4 AH/1593-9...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1003
Extent:
1 text, 32 ff

1545. Or 14185A and B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14185A and B
Title:
Girk‘ Ramli - Գիրք Րամլի
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscript containing a treatise on magic, astrology, and divination, as well as flip notebook with notes on the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century-19th century
Extent:
2 items in 2 volumes

1546. Or 14198

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14198
Title:
Yusuf ve Züleyha - يوسف وزليها
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an allegorical poem recounting the story of Yusuf and Zeliha (Joseph and Züleyha) completed in 897 AH (1491-92 CE) by Hamdullah İbn-i Ak Şemseddin, known as Hamdi (died 909 AH/1503 CE or 914 AH/1509 CE). Illustrations that bear evidence of an earlier artistic style were add...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1008
Extent:

1 text, ff. 252

1547. Or 14241

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14241
Title:
[Şefikname] - [شفيقنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an ornately worded account of the uprising that led to the deposition of Sultan Mustafa II (reigned 1106-15/1695-1703 CE) and the death of the de facto ruler, Şeyh-ül-İslâm Feyzullah Efendi. This latter episode is frequently referred to as the 'Edirne vakası'. The author of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1200
Extent:
1 text, 80 ff

1548. Or 14242

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14242
Title:
Divan-i Rağıp - ديوان راغب
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected Ottoman Turkish poetry of Grand Vezir Mehmet Rağıp Paşa (lived 1116 AH/1699-1700 CE to 1176 AH/1756-57 CE). The present volume contains very few Persian poems (ff 41v-42v). There are Baroque-style illuminated unvanlar of good quality on ff 2v and 9v. Verses b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 43 ff

1549. Or 14243

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14243
Title:
Tercüme-yi Hadis-i erbain li-Hakani - ترجمۀ حدیث اربعین لخاقانی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation, alongside commentary, of forty Aḥādīth. The author is Mehmet Hakani (died 1015 AH/1606-07 CE). The text opens with verses in praise of Sultan Mehmet III (reigned 1003-12 AH/1595-1603 CE) and the Grand Vezir Sinan Paşa. The paraphrase of each ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1269
Extent:
1 text, 87 ff

1550. Or 14253

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14253
Title:
Catalogus Codicum qui Turcice aut Jaghataice conscripti in Bibliotheca Richiana exstant 1849. Nos. 7830-7939.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a descriptive catalogue in Latin of the Ottoman and Eastern Turki manuscripts collected by Claudius Rich (1787-1821) now found at British Library shelf marks Add MS 7830-7939. The manuscripts are described in numerical order, one per folio. In most cases, the verso is blan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai, Latin, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 118 ff

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