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1631. Or 16036

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16036
Title:
Süleymanname - سليماننامه
Scope & Content:
A lengthy folk narrative, in prose with interspersed passages in verse, by Firdevs-i Rum (857/1453 - ca. 918 AH/1512 CE). The contents of this Süleyman-nāmẹ include stories of the prophet Solomon and of other pre-Islamic Prophets, along with elements of the epic history of pre-Islamic Iran (as f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 286 ff

1632. Or 16037

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16037
Title:
Hamzaname - حمزةنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part of the Hamzaname of Hamzavi (died 815 AH/1412-13 CE). It is a lengthy narrative on the mythical exploits of Hamza, paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad. The narrative is ‘a conflation of stories from eastern Persia about Ḥamza b. ʿAbd-Allāh the Kharijite,’ (died 181 A...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 77 ff

1633. Or 16038

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16038
Title:
Tarjuma-’i Quduri - ترجمۀ قدوري
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Chagatai translation of Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Quduri’s (died 428 AH/1037 CE) al-Mukhtasar, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence according to the Hanafi school. No other manuscript of such a translation has been traced in published catalogues. The widespread popularity of al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
9th or early 10th century
Extent:
1 text, 120 ff

1634. Or 16040

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16040
Title:
Mecmau’l-letaif - مجمع اللطائف
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of essays on a range of subjects, including advice for rulers (nesaih-i müluk), the merits of Holy War (gaza), the histories of the prophets, the differences between Muslim, Christian, and Jewish doctrines and beliefs, and answers to questions commonly posed by ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
977
Extent:
1 text, 80 ff

1635. Or 16042

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16042
Title:
Kıssa-i Tahmuras - قصهٔ طهمراس
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a folk narrative in Ottoman Turkish of Tahmuras, one of the legendary hero-kings of ancient Iran who figure in Abu’l-Qāsim Firdawsī’s (329–411 AH/940–1020 CE) Persian epic poem, the Shāhnāma (‘Book of kings’). Brief passages in verse are interspersed through the text, and a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1077
Extent:
1 text, 65 ff

1636. Or 16043

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16043
Title:
Siretü’n-Nebi - سيرة النبي
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a rare poem mainly concerning episodes in the life of the Prophet Muhammad. All that is known of the author is that his name was Mehmed, and that the poem was completed in 872 AH/1467 CE. No name or date appears in this manuscript, which was formerly MS 151 in the collecti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1175-1300
Extent:
1 text, 240 ff

1637. Or 16046

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16046
Title:
Ma hazar - ما حضر
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on spiritual, physical, and occult remedies by Ebu Bekir Nusret (died 1210 AH/1795 CE). Few details are known about Nusret’s life. He was from Harput and studied with Dağıstani Ali. He studied Sufism with Mustafa el-Bekri el-Kuddusi. He had mastered Persian liter...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:

1 text, 65 ff

1638. Or 16048

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16048
Title:
Ahmediye - احمديه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a didactic mesnevi on Islamic ethics and doctrine, by the poet Ahmed ibn-i Osman ed-Diyarbekiri, known as Ahmed Mürşidi (died 1174 AH/1760 CE). The work was widely read in the author’s time and in subsequent periods. The text has sometimes been incorrectly attributed to Ahme...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 263 ff

1639. Or 16049

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16049
Title:
[Gerdenkeşanname] – [گردنکشان‌نامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part of a tale in Old Anatolian Turkish recounting the adventures of the hero Gerdenkeşan. Gerdenkeşanname, like the Kahramanname, Destan-i Kiran-i Habeşi, and others, is one of the narratives that grew around the periphery of the Persian Shāhnāma of Firdawsī (329–411 AH/940...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 163 ff

1640. Or 16120

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16120
Title:
El-vasfu’l-kamil fi ahvali’l-veziri’l-adil - الوصف الكامل في احوال الوزير العادل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a biography of the Bosnian vizier Murtaza Paşa (1000-1045 AH/1592-1635 CE). The work was composed by Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE), perhaps the most distinguished writer of ornate Ottoman prose (inşa). Nergisi was born in Sarajevo between the years 988-994 AH...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Later 11th century
Extent:
1 text, 78 ff

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