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1351. 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

1352. Or 15976

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15976
Title:
[Tercüme-i Tezkiretü’l-evliya] – [ترجمهٔ تذكرة الاولياء]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an early Ottoman Turkish version of the famous compilation of notices of Muslim saints composed in Persian by Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār (died 618 AH/1221 CE) in 617 AH/1220 CE. It was authored by an anonymous translator in the ninth century AH/fifteenth century CE. The work inclu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:

1 text, 405 ff

1353. Or 15977

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15977
Title:
Risale-i tir ve keman - رسالۀ تير وكمان
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a description of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, and elsewhere in the Ottoman territories, and of Sultans and distinguished archers associated with them, and some of the latter’s outstanding feats. No record of a text with this title has been traced in manuscript catalo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 70 ff

1354. Or 15984

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15984
Title:
Behcetü’l-fetava - بهجة الفتاوى
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected fetava of Yenişehirli Abdullah Efendi (died 1156 AH/1743 CE), who was Şeyhülislam of the Ottoman Empire between 6/6/1130–17/3/1143 AH/ 7/5/1718–30/9/1730 CE. Originally of Yenişehir, Abdullah Efendi completed his medrese education in Istanbul. He went on to s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1150
Extent:
1 text, 209 ff

1355. 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

1356. 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

1357. 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

1358. 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

1359. 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

1360. 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

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