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1411. Or 16391 (1)

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Or 16391 (1)
Title:
[Nihalistan] – [نهالسـتان]
Scope & Content:
This part (ff 5v-102r) of Or 16391 contains the Nihalistan of the renowned Ottoman writer and poet Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE). He was perhaps the most distinguished writer of ornate Ottoman prose (inşa). Nergisi was born in Sarajevo between the years 988-994 AH/1580-1586 CE. H...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 text, 97 ff (5v-102r)

1412. Or 16391 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16391 (2)
Title:
İksir-i devlet - اكسير دولت
Scope & Content:
This part (109v-186r) of Or 16391 contains the İksir-i devlet of the renowned Ottoman writer and poet Nergisi Mehmed Efendi (died 1044 AH/1635 CE). He was perhaps the most distinguished writer of ornate Ottoman prose (inşa). Nergisi was born in Sarajevo between the years 988-994 AH/1580-1586 CE...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1064
Extent:
77 ff (109v-186r)

1413. Or 16392

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16392
Title:
Gazavat-ı Hazret-i Ali - غزوات حضرت علي
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a mythical account by Şems-i Haki of the martial exploits of Imam Ali, Imam Hasan, Imam Husayn, and others. The work is also known by the titles Yedi Cenk or Sekiz Cenk (‘Seven Battles’ or ‘Eight Battles’). Little is known of the author, and manuscripts of the work are rare....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
966
Extent:
1 text, 137 ff

1414. Or 16393

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16393
Title:
Hikaye-i Ucube vü Mahcube - حکایهٔ اعجوبه ومحجوبه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a book of tales in prose adapted from a Persian original by Seyyid Ahmed ibn-i Hasan Bali, whose mahlas was ‘Sıdki.’ He was born in Istanbul, and had a military background. The translation is dedicated to Şehzade Alemşah (died 908 AH/1502-3 CE), son of Sultan Bayezid II (rul...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
1 text, 65 ff

1415. Or 16394

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16394
Title:
[Camasbname] – [جاماسب‌نامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish version in verse of the story of Camasb, son of the Prophet Daniyal. It was translated and adapted, most likely from a Persian prose original, by Musa Abdi, a poet of the ninth century AH/fifteenth century CE. Little is known of the author, save for his g...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 text, 170 ff

1416. Or 16395

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16395
Title:
Kahramanname - قهرماننامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part of an Ottoman Turkish version of an Iranian folk epic in prose. It concerns the exploits of Kahraman, a hero abducted at the age of three by a demon and raised on Mount Qaf with the demon’s children. Many of his military adventures are set in India. Eventually, Kahraman...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 64 ff

1417. Or 16396

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16396
Title:
[Ferec ba‘d eş-şidde] – [فرج بعد الشده]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the well-known Ottoman Turkish collection of forty-two tales about relief (ferec) after hardship and distress (şidde). The earliest Ottoman copies of this anonymous compilation date back to the ninth century AH/fifteenth century CE. Although the tales which constituted the F...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 289 ff

1418. Or 16397

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16397
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an anthology of Ottoman Turkish poetry in oblong sefine format. The contents are as follows: (ff 1r-1v) Five beyitler (2v-3v) Şarkılar (4r-4v) ‘Kıta-i Fazıl Bey’ (5r) Poetry headed ‘Hicaz kar’ (5v) Five beyitler, concluding with the date 1247 AH (1831-32 CE) (6r) A gazel of...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Mid-12th century
Extent:
Codex, 33 ff

1419. Or 16398

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16398
Title:
[Bektaşi Texts]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a compilation of eight tracts, most if not all of which appear to be connected with the beliefs and ceremonies of the Bektaşi Order of dervishes, a group whose doctrines combine elements of various Islamic traditions. (I) 1v-5r: Düvazdeh Imam-i Hoca-i Nasir-i Tusi (sic), twe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1288
Extent:
8 texts, 40 ff

1420. Or 16399

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16399
Title:
Mecmua - مجموعه
Scope & Content:
This mecmua contains two texts written in the same hand. 1. f. 1v-9r. Risālẹ fi beyān il-mahāliṣ iş-şu‘arā (sic) An alphabetical list of 10-11th/16th-17th century poets, arranged by their pen-names (mahlaṣ) and without any other names, together with their dates of death and in some cases thei...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 texts, 21 ff.

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