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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004J
Title:: [Petition for cancellation of fees]
Scope & Content:: A petition requesting the cancelation of fees (?), with a response from the Mühasebe of the Vilayet of Baghdad on f. 1v. The letter is dated 22 Temmuz 1307 (22 July 1890) and contains the seal of Abdurrezzak (1084 AH) alongside a 1 Kuruş stamp (brown). The verso contains a decision from the Ev...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004K
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: An undated petition signed by 32 individuals, 31 of whom have sealed it, to the Vilayetpenahi of an unspecified kaza. The seals, paper and handwriting are similar to other petitions from this collection. Undated inscriptions of receipt (?) are found at the top left corner of f. 1r and top right...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: late 19th century
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004L
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: A petition, dated 11 Haziran 1307 / 17 Ziulkaade 1306 AH(15 July 1889), request redress for the failure to repay a debt (?) during the period of 16 Tişrin-i Sani 1306 (16 November 1888) to 11 Haziran 1307 (11 June 1891). The petition, located on f. 2r, includes eight parties, six of whom have pr...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 2 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004M
Title:: [Ottoman Petition]
Scope & Content:: A petition regarding a request for the Meclis-i Idare's extension or amendment (?) of certain rights afforded the petitioner by the police administration of the Vilayet of Baghdad upon obtaining a travel visa in Tişrin-i Evvel 1302 (October 1885). The petition is dated 17 Tişrin-i Evvel 1306 (1...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1306
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17004N
Title:: [Ottoman Petition Regarding the Sharᵓiyah Court of Baghdad]
Scope & Content:: A petition from the Bab-i Niyabet (?) of the Sharᵓiya Court of Baghdad regarding the lack of an appropriate salary (maaş) paid to him (?) from the month of Şubat 1303 (February 1887) to the present. The claimant requests a firman authorizing the payment of such a salary in the present month. T...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1307
Extent:: 1 text, 1 f

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17006
Title:: [Ottoman legal document]
Scope & Content:: An Ottoman legal document dated eva'il Ramazan (?) 1265 AH (late July 1868 CE) in the city of Galata (Istanbul) regarding sale, possibly of land (?). The document contains the seals of three parties to the sale, including Mehmet Seyit, Mehmet Rıf'at, and Emin el-Huyun (?), the last of which is...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1265
Extent:: 1 text, 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17007
Title:: Kitab-i Servisî ma'a şerhu'l-burde - كتاب سرويسى مع شرح البرده
Scope & Content:: This volume contains a commentary on the Qaṣīdat al-burdah (قصيدة البردة) of Abū ᶜabdullāh Muḥammad ibn Saᶜīd al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH/1294-95 CE or 696 AH/1296-97 CE) by Seyit Ahmet İbn-i Mustafa known as Lali (died 971 AH/1563-64 CE).The text is a Sufi poem in praise of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 text, 141 ff.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17008
Title:: Vakayı-yı mazi - وقايع مضي
Scope & Content:: A bilingual tract on printing in Egypt entitled Vakayı-yı mazi, with an additional title, Al-waqāyiʾ al-miṣriyah, found at the bottom of the page. The page was printed on 25 Jumādá al-Awwāl 1244 AH (Tuesday, 3 December 1828) in Bulaq, Egypt at the Maṭbaʾat Ṣāḥib al-Futūḥāt. The item also contai...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1244
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17009
Title:: [Ottoman Technical Drawings]
Scope & Content:: Ten technical drawings from the Ottoman Empire. The drawings illustrate a number of different routine and famous experiments phenomena in physics (including optics) and chemistry. They are accompanied by alpha-numerical indicators in Ottoman and lack textual explanations. Human figures in the ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 17013
Title:: [Ian MacPherson Report on Crimea and Rubbings]
Scope & Content:: A collection of typewritten and handwritten/hand-drawn materials relating to Mr. Ian MacPherson's trip to western Crimea in 1927. ff. 1-34, f. 47 : A collection of rubbings of tamghalar or stone inscriptions from various locations in Yevpatoria (Kezlev in Crimean Tatar). The rubbings are number...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, English, Hebrew, Russian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 1927
Extent:: Codex, 47 ff

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