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1131. Or 12921

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12921
Title:
[Ottoman astrology manual]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a popular manual of astrology that is defective at the beginning and the end. It contains 12 full-page illustrations of the signs of the Zodiac. Each sign is provided with a short descriptive text that mentions the prognostics to be derived from it. On the last folio is th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 text, 12 ff

1132. Or 12922

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12922
Title:
Tarih-i Al-i Osman - تأريخ آل عثمان
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an outline of the history of the Ottoman dynasty to the year 894 AH (1488-89 CE) that does not include the name of the author. The first and last folios are missing, and the latter has been supplied by a more modern hand. The work begins with a short preface in verse. Th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 text, 166 ff

1133. Or 12923

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12923
Title:
[Two Ottoman poems]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two Ottoman Turkish poems of a popular nature: (I) ff 2v-82v : Kitab-i Ebu Muslim, a poem on the exploits of Ebu Muslim, the revolutionary leader of the Abbasid Movement in Khurasan ; (II) ff 84v-132v : Kitab-i Yusuf, the story of Yusuf, according to the Is...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1268
Extent:
2 texts, 132 ff

1134. Or 12950

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12950
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following Arabic and Ottoman Turkish texts : (I) ff 2v-30r : al-Risālat al-naiyirah (الرسالة النييرية), an Arabic treatise on the principles of Islamic faith by Ahmet İbn-i Süleyman İbn-i Kemal Paşa (died 940 AH/1533 CE), copied in 1023 AH (1614 CE) ; (II) ff 5r-23v ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
15 texts, 171 ff

1135. Or 12958

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12958
Title:
Menakıb-ı şerif-i Hazrat-i Sultan Gülşeni - مناقب شريف حضرت سلطان كلشنى
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a work on the life and miracles of Şeyh İbrahim Gülşeni, a celebrated mystic and the founder of the Gülşeni order who died in 940 AH (1533-34 CE). It is divided into setions called takallup, and contains many poems by Şeyh İbrahim with information about his genealogy and how...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1072
Extent:
1 text, 175 ff

1136. Or 12961

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12961
Title:
Hikaye-yi Tiryaki Gazi Hasan Paşa - حکایۀ تریاکی غازی حسن پاشا
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an account of the successful defense of Kanije (contemporary Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia) in 1010 AH (1601 CE) against the Austrians, in the style of a popular tale. This manuscript is undated but was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 95 ff

1137. Or 12962

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12962
Title:
Seliminame - سمینینامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a history of the reign of Selim I (Yavuz Selim) in verse, composed by Şükri-yi Bitlisi (died 937 AH/1531 CE?). The text is imperfect at the beginning. This manuscript was copied in 948 AH (1541-42 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
948
Extent:
1 text, 52 ff

1138. Or 12963

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12963
Title:
Mecmuatü'l-havadis - مجموعة الحوادث
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a very detailed history of the Ottoman Empire from 1203 AH (1788-89 CE) to 1229 AH (1813-14 CE). The author, who does not provide their name, must have been intimately connected with Court circles and states that they derived the greater part of their information from oral s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1229
Extent:
1 text, 509 ff

1139. Or 12964

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12964
Title:
Marifetname - معرفتنامه
Scope & Content:
An encyclopedia originally composed in 1170 AH (1756-57 CE) by İbrahim Hakkı. The present copy contains an intricately illuminated double-page seccade on ff 11v-12r, as well as copious illuminated headings. The text begins with a fihrist outlining the sections of the work (ff 1v-10v). The main...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1235
Extent:
1 text, 339 ff

1140. Or 12965

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12965
Title:
Tenkihu'l-tevarih - ترقيح التواريخ
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a general history compiled by Hezarfenn Hüseyin, who made extensive use of Greek and European sources. This copy was made in 1081 AH (1670-71 CE) and is thus dated three years before the date of completion given by Babinger.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1081
Extent:
1 text, 185 ff

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