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1621. Or 15916

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15916
Title:
Melca’ü’l-hükkam fi mü‘ini’l-kudat - ملجأ الحكام في معين القضاة
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a compilation of specimen documents for use by judges (kadılar), composed by Seyyid Mehmed Masum La‘lizade (Şeyh Mehmed Ma‘sum ibn es-Seyyid Hacc ‘Abdullah ibn-i Şeyh Mehmed La‘lizade), who was a kadı himself in Istanbul. This text is rare and has not been found in publishe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1174
Extent:
1 text, 243 ff

1622. Or 15917

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15917
Title:
[Zübde-i Vekayiat] – [زبدهٔ وقائعات]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains part of the Zübde-i Vekayiat of the Ottoman statesman and historian Defterdar Sarı Mehmed Paşa (died 1129 AH/1717 CE). In its complete form, the Zübde covers the years between 1058 AH/1648 CE and 1114 AH/1703 CE, encompassing the reigns of sultans Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Ahm...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 text, 80 ff

1623. Or 15918

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15918
Title:
Envarü’l-aşikin
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Envarü’l-aşikin, a didactic work on religion and Sufism. It was authored by the renowned scholar and Sufi Ahmed Bican (died after 870 AH/1466 CE). Along with his brother Yazıcıoğlu Mehmed Efendi (died 855 AH/1451 CE), Ahmed Bican was among the most popular vernacular rel...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Around 10th century
Extent:
1 text, 263 ff

1624. Or 15944

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15944
Title:
Tazarru‘name - تضرعنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Tazarru‘name, a work on spiritual concepts and doctrines with praises of the prophets and sacred personalities. It was authored by Sinan Paşa (died 891 AH/1486 CE), an Ottoman religious scholar, Sufi, and statesman. Sinan Paşa was born between 841-845 AH/1437-1441 CE. H...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 207 ff

1625. Or 15960

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15960
Title:
[Selected gazeliyat from the Divan of Ragıb Paşa]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains selected gazeliyat from the Divan of Koca Ragıb Paşa (1110–1176 AH/1698-9–1763 CE), an Ottoman statesman and man of letters. According to Gibb, the Divan of Ragıb Paşa marks a special moment in Turkish literary history, being the last monument of Ottoman lyric poetry to foll...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1130
Extent:
1 text, 72 ff

1626. 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

1627. 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

1628. 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

1629. 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

1630. Or 16001

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16001
Title:
[Armeno-Turkish Treatise on Food]
Scope & Content:
An Armeno-Turkish treatise about foods in relation to health, written in notrgir hand. The manuscript lacks a title or title page, and begins with the Bismillah. Each section (fasl) of the text is begin with an ornate capital in red, yellow and blue ink and gold leaf, and paragraphs are starte...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1630
Extent:
1 item, 65 ff

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