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521. Or 6417

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6417
Title:
Acayip el-maasır ve garayip el-nevadir - عجائب المأثر و غرائب النوادر
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of anecdotes about strange happenings in history, all of them collected from various Arabic and Persian sources. The text is dedicated to Sultan Murat IV. The author of the work, Ahmet İbn-i Hemdem Kethuda, known as Süheyli, died in 1038 AH (1628-29 CE) accord...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1115
Extent:
1 text, 226 ff

522. Or 6432

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6432
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two astrological almanacs: ff 1v-25v : An untitled almanac compiled for Sultan Süleyman I (f 2a) in 960 AH (1552-53 CE) by Necmeddin İbn-i Seyit Mehmet el-muvakkıt bi cami'u's-Sultan Mehmet Han. The text was copied in various coloured inks ; ff 26r-52r : Ta...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
913-960
Extent:
2 texts, 52 ff

523. Or 6434

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6434
Title:
Meşairü'ş-şuara - مشاعر الشعراء
Scope & Content:
This volume contains biographies of poets along with quotations from their works. The text was composed by Aşık Çelebi (Pir Mehmet), who died in 979 AH (1571-72 CE). A table of contents is found on ff 2-5. The manuscript was copied by Mehmet İbn-i Murat in 977 AH (1569-70 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
977
Extent:
1 text, 229 ff

524. Or 6435

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6435
Title:
Verd-i mutarra - ورد مطرا
Scope & Content:
This volume is a continuation of Osmanzade Tayip's work by Ahmet Cavit, with a further continuation up to the vizierate of Mustafa Paşa Alemdar made by the Kâtip Abdülfettah Şefket of Baghdad. The manuscript was copied in the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 45 ff

525. Or 6439

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6439
Title:
Kitab-i bahru'l-maarif - كتاب بحر المعارف
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an exposition of the rules of poetry by Süruri-yi Acem (Mustafa Muslihiddin, died 969 AH/1561-62 CE). The work, which was compiled in 956 AH (1549-50 CE), consists of a preface, 3 makalat, and a hatime. At the end of the volume, there is the horoscope (tali'-i mevlut) of S...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1209
Extent:
1 text, 44 ff

526. Or 6440

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6440
Title:
[Divan-i Rahmi] - [ديوان رحمى]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the poetical works of Rahmi, a poet who flourished in the time of Sultan Mahmud I. According to G.O.D. IV, p. 171, his death took place in 1164 AH (1751 CE). Salim (p. 285) mentions that his name was Mustafa and that he was originally from Bakhchysarai in Crimea. This manu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 98 ff

527. Or 6441

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6441
Title:
[Jahangirname] - [جهانكرنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the autobiography of the Moghul Emperor Jahangir, translated into Ottoman Turkish by Küçük Çelebizade İsmail Asım (died 1760 CE) for Sultan Mustafa III (1757-73 CE). The text contains a single illuminated unvan. The current manuscript was copied by Haşmet İbn-i Mehmet Sa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 93 ff

528. Or 6442

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6442
Title:
[Two works Cafer İyani Bey]
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the following two works by Cafer İyani Bey, Peçeli : ff 1v-53r : Zübdetü'l-nesaih ve umdetü'l-tevarih, a collection of anecdotes of a religious and ethical character compiled in 1003 AH (1594-95 CE); ff 54v-95r : Gazevat-i Tiryaki Gazi Hasan Paşa, an account of the defence...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 texts, 95 ff

529. Or 6471

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6471
Title:
Treatise on magic, astrology and the calendar
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscript containing: ff.1r-261v A treatise on magic, astrology and the calendar. The individual texts are very varied and feature tables and decorations. Highlights include: ff.40r-45v Full-page pictures of the zodiacal signs ff.48r-95v Tables of five columns, four rows (not i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1610
Extent:
1 item, 263 ff

530. Or 6481

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6481
Title:
Kitab-i Gülşen-i raz tercüme Şirazi - كتاب كلشن راز ترجمۀ شیرازی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish paraphrase of the mystical poem Gulshan-i rāz of Maḥmūd Shabistarī made by Elvan-i Şirazi. On f 6r there is a note to the effect that the work was written by Şirazi for Sultan Murat II. the latter portion of the manuscript (ff 109r-119r) is in a nesih ha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
late 15th century
Extent:
1 text, 119 ff

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