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Language Turkish, Ottoman Subject Sufism--Doctrines--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 5986

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Add MS 5986
Title:
Beşaretname - بشارىنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a Hurufi tract treating especially the mystical meaning hidden behind the letters of the Qur'an, composed by Refi'i. The author designates himself by his mahlas only, which occurs on ff 27r, 29v, and 34r. He appears to have been a disciple of Seyit İmadüddin Nesimi, a well...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 34 ff

2. Harley MS 5490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5490
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains texts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The following 17 texts are in Ottoman Turkish, unless otherwise noted: (I) ff 4r-16v : Necatu'l-garik, a religious poem by Hüdai under the heading 'Haza risale fi'l-cem' ve'l-tefrik el-müsemma bi-Necatu'l-garik.' The author's n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
21 texts, 374 ff

3. Or 7164

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Or 7164
Title:
Tuhfetü'l-haremeyn - تحفة الحرمين
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an account by the poet Nabi (died 1124 AH/1712-13 CE) of a journey made to Mekke and Medine in mixed prose and verse. The text breaks off at f 81v and is followed, without any change of hand, by part of a mystical work, defective at the beginning, apparently entitled Makas...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1094
Extent:
1 text, 100 ff

4. Or 12481

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Or 12481
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following three texts : (I) ff 1v-117v : Gavriye, a mystical mesnevi composed by Nakşi Ali Akkermani (died 1065 AH/1655-56 CE). This 4029-beyit poem provides exegesis of a number of the ayetler in the Qur'an ; (II) ff 118v-226r : Aynü'l-hayat, another poem by Nakşi Al...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 texts, 326 ff

5. Or 12653

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12653
Title:
[Ottoman texts on religion]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following four texts on Islam : (I) ff 2v-18r : Ta’wīlāt Ḥaḍrat Jamāl al-Dīn Khalwatī (Chalabī Khalīfah) (تأويلات حضرت جمال الدين خلوتى (چلبی خلیفه)), in Arabic, copied in 1246 AH (1830-31 CE) ; (II) ff 18v-20r : Aṭwār sabᶜa sayyidunā al-Shaykh ᶜabd al-Qādir al-Gīlānī...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
4 texts, 108 ff

6. Or 12683

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Or 12683
Title:
Feyzname - فيضنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a mesnevi by Misali setting out the doctrines of the Hurufi school. The date of composition (1056 AH/1646-47 CE) appears in the last line. This manuscript was copied by Fenni, probably in the first half of the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 36 ff

7. Or 13526

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13526
Title:
Kitab-i Tercüme-yi Tarikat-ı Muhammediye ve Kitab-i Terşihat - کتاب ترجمۀ طریقت محمدیه و کتاب ترشیحات
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two works: (I) Tercüme-yi Tarikat-ı Muhammediye ve Siret-i Ahmediye, a translation from Arabic of al-Ṭariqat al-Muḥammadiyah wa sīrat al-Aḥmadiyah (الطريقة المحمدية و سيرة الاحمدية), a treatise on Islamic doctrine and practice by Mehmet İbn-i Pir Ali Birgili ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1113
Extent:
2 texts, 277 ff

8. Or 13568

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13568
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following five texts : (I) ff 1v-51r : el-Maksad el-aksa tercümesi, the Ottoman Turkish translation of an Arabic treatise on Sufism by ᶜabd al-ᶜazīz al-Nasafī entitled al-Maqṣad al-aqṣá (المقصد الاقصى) ; (II) ff 51v-52v : Haza Şerh-i acayıp, notes on the properties of...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
5 texts, 102 ff

9. Or 15944

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15944
Title:
Tazarru‘name - تضرعنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tazarru‘name, a work on spiritual concepts and doctrines with praises of the prophets and sacred personalities. It was authored by Sinan Paşa (died 891 AH/1486 CE), an Ottoman religious scholar, Sufi, and statesman. Sinan Paşa was born between 841-845 AH/1437-1441 CE. H...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 207 ff

10. Or 15975

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15975
Title:
Cevheretü’l-bidaye ve dürretü’n-nihaye - جوهرة البداية ودرة النهاية
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a work on Sufism by Sarı Abdullah Efendi (died 1071 AH/1660 CE), Ottoman poet, scholar, and bureaucrat. Born in Istanbul in around 992 AH/1584 CE, Sarı Abdullah lost his father at a young age. He was looked after by his maternal grandfather’s brother, the Grand Vizier Halil...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 text, 231 ff