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1611. Or 15758

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15758
Title:
[Mecmua] – [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following texts. Each of them are in the same hand, and the copyist has carefully vocalized the text throughout. There are many unusual spellings. I. (ff 1v-87r) [Tercüme-i Tezkiretü’l-evliya] – [ترجمهٔ تذكرة الاولياء] This section contains an Old Anatolian Turkish ver...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
5 texts, 175 ff

1612. Or 15762

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15762
Title:
Beyrut Polis Mektebi şahadetnamesi - بيروت پوليس مكتبي شهادتنامه‌سي
Scope & Content:
This text contains a diploma from the Beirut Police College, under the Ottoman Directorate of Public Security (Emniyet-i Umumiye Müdüriyeti). It is a printed document with several handwritten additions in manuscript. The diploma certifies that Şükri son of Ali has passed the qualifying examinat...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1330
Extent:
1 ff

1613. Or 15805

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15805
Title:
[Tarih-i Râşid] – [تاريخ راشد]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Ottoman state history authored by Râşid Mehmed Efendi (died 1148 AH/1735 CE), a chronicler, poet, and writer. Râşid Efendi composed the work during his time as a Vak‘anüvis (court historian) in the period between 1126-1135 AH/1714-1723 CE. According to one view, he was ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 134 ff

1614. Or 15806

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15806
Title:
Mizanu'l-hatt - ميزان الخط
Scope & Content:
A treatise on the art of calligraphy, in verse form, dedicated to Prince, later Sultan, Selim [II] (reigned 974-82 AH/1566-74 CE). The author is named on the title page (f 1r) as Seyit ül-Küttab ve'l-Hattatin İbrahim el-Hüseyni el-Kureyşi el-Mukri Nefiszade, who also composed Nüzhetü'l-enām fi i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1148
Extent:
1 text, 21 ff

1615. Or 15869

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15869
Title:
Kitabü’l-feraiz – كتاب الفرائض
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a work on the apportionment of inheritances according to the Hanefi school of jurisprudence. The text pauses abruptly midway through f 18v and recommences on 19r in the same hand and style. Though the volume is presented as a single work, the text throughout ff 19r-63v is Me...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1213
Extent:
1 text, 64 ff

1616. Or 15870

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15870
Title:
Keşfü’l-müstehâm fi taksimi’l-müveşşahat ale’l-angâm - كشف المستهام في تقسيم الموشحات على الانغام
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a selection of classical Ottoman song lyrics compiled and arranged according to the accompanying melody and rhythm. It was copied for the library of Sultan Selim III (ruled 1203-1222 AH/1789-1807 CE), and is headed with his tuğra on two folios. Selim was a great patron of mu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1789-1807
Extent:
1 text, 156 ff

1617. Or 15872

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15872
Title:
İpek böceği talimnamesi - ايپك بوجكى تعلیمنامه‌سی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an illustrated manual of silkworm breeding and silk production, produced by the ‘Harir Daru’t-talimi Mektebi’ of Bursa (depicted on f 4r) in 1317 AH/1899 CE. The title on the spine reads ‘İpek böceği talimnamesi,’ while the opening folio (f 5v) carries the title ‘Harir Daru’...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1317
Extent:

1 text, 134 ff

1618. Or 15873

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15873
Title:
Neferden onbaşı tayin olunacak kimesneye li-ecli imtihan lazım gelen sualler - نفردن اونباشى تعيين اولنه جق كمسنه يه لاجل امتحان لازم گلان سؤاللر
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a set of questions and answers for the oral examination for promotion from Nefer (Private) to Onbaşı (Corporal) in the Ottoman army. The questions probe the skills and knowledge of the candidate, and asks how they would respond to numerous scenarios. No author’s name is give...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1259
Extent:
1 text, 21 ff

1619. Or 15911

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15911
Title:
[Armeno-Turkish Sermon for Good Friday]
Scope & Content:
An Armeno-Turkish sermon for Good Friday, focused on the Crucifixion. The full Armenian title of the text is: Հայր եւ Որդի եւ Հոգի Ա[սդուա]ծ օգնեայ ինձ ըստ նըվաստութեան իմոյ շարատրեցից առ ի հաւադացեալ Ժողովըրդոցհասվանուլ եւ լըսել Վասն ուրբաթի մեծի վըտայկի խաչելութեան Քրիստոսի: The first and l...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 9 ff

1620. Or 15915

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15915
Title:
Tuhfetü’l-küttab - تحفة الكتاب
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of interpretations and directives bearing on a wide range of legal questions. It was compiled by Musazade Mehmed ibn-i Ubeydullah (died 1196 AH/1782 CE) from documents that his father, Ubeydullah Musazade, had copied out while serving as a clerk to Pirizade Mehm...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 144 ff

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