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1651. Or 16143

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16143
Title:
[Düsturü’l-amel] – [دستور العمل]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Persian-Ottoman Turkish encyclopaedic dictionary by Riyazi Mehmed Efendi (died 1054 AH/1644 CE). The work is not to be confused with Katib Çelebi’s short treatise of the same name. Riyazi Mehmed was a pupil of Ebüssuud Efendi (died 982/1574), a religious scholar in his ow...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1161
Extent:
1 text, 53 ff

1652. Or 16144

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16144
Title:
Risale fi mefhumi’l-feraiz - رساله في مفهوم الفرائض
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a detailed treatise on the apportionment of legacies according to the Hanefi school of jurisprudence. As with most works on this subject, a substantial amount of it comprises detailed tables indicating the proportions to be received by various heirs. As is common in feraiz ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
around 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 129 ff

1653. Or 16145

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16145
Title:
Feraiz-i vafiye - فرائض وافيه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an adaptation in Ottoman Turkish of al-Farā’iḍ al-Sirājiyya, the well-known Arabic treatise on the laws of inheritance according to the Hanafi madhhab. The Farā’iḍ was authored by Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī (died after 596 AH/1200 CE). It was frequently translated an...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1175
Extent:
2 texts, 62 ff

1654. Or 16146

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16146
Title:
[Fetava-yı Ali Efendi]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected fetava of Çatalcalı Ali Efendi (Born 1041 AH/1631-32 CE, died 1103 AH/1692 CE). Ali Efendi held a number of judicial positions before his appointment to the position of Şeyhülislam in Zilkade 1084 AH/February 1674 CE. He held this position for over twelve years...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1139
Extent:
1 text, 313 ff

1655. Or 16147

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16147
Title:
Süleymanname - سليماننامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the sixth part of this folk narrative, in prose intermixed with verse, by Uzun Firdevs or Firdevs-i Tavl. The present manuscript lacks at least one folio at the beginning. According to Mundy's notes, it begins in meclis 26 and ends with meclis 98. The hero Sam plays a prom...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 103 ff

1656. Or 16163

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16163
Title:
Fasl fi ehl ül-remi min el-guzat ül-meşhurin bi-vilayet el-Rum - فصل في اهل الرمي من الغزات المشهورين بولايت الروم
Scope & Content:
A treatise on distinguished archers and archery ranges in Rumeli, from the time of Sultan Meḥemmed II Fatih to that of Sultan Süleymān I. Other contents: front endpaper, verses; 1r, tugra. Dated 4 Ramazan 1205 / 7 May 1791.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1205
Extent:
1 text, 13 ff.

1657. Or 16165

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16165
Title:
[Kavsname] - [قوسنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on Ottoman archery technique, procedure, and etiquette, an account of the history of archery, and a description of archery grounds in Istanbul, Gelibolu (Gallipoli), and Cairo. It was authored in the seventeenth century by Kemankeş Mustafa Efendi, about whom littl...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 35 ff

1658. Or 16173

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16173
Title:
[Mevlud-i Şerif] - [مولود شريف]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a mesnevi poem in stanzas concerning the life and virtues of the Prophet Muhammad, intended for recitation at gatherings celebrating his birth. The poet was inspired by the highly popular Mevlud of Süleyman Çelebi (died 825 AH/1422 CE). The author does not appear to be name...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1186
Extent:
1 text, 84 ff

1659. Or 16186

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16186
Title:
[Müfid] – [مفيد]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha’s (died 1103 AH/1692 CE) grammatical commentary on the Pandnama, the famous mystical and didactic work in Persian attributed to the renowned poet and Sufi Farid al-Din Attar (died 618 AH/1221 CE). As well as being a clerk and statesman, Abdi Pasha was...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:
1 text, 135 ff

1660. Or 16187

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16187
Title:
Terciibend-i Suriye vilayeti Vali-i Alisi devletlu Nazım Paşa Hazretlerinindir - ترجيع بند سوريه ولايتى والى عاليسى دولتلو ناظم پاشا حظرتلرينگدر
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a terciibent or stanzaic poem in Ottoman Turkish by Hüseyin Nazım Paşa (1270-71–1345 AH/1854–1927 CE), governor of the Ottoman province of Syria during the early 14th century AH/late 19th century CE. The poem is in the vein of classical Sufi meditative poetry. The original t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1316
Extent:
1 text, 14 ff

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