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Subject Archery Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 7514

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7514
Title:
Treatise on swordmanship, archery and other military skills [Dhikr al-ʿamal bi-al-sayf] [ذكر العمل بالسيف]
Scope & Content:
Anonymous compendium on military technologies and skills. The manuscript is defective at the beginning and the author's name is unknown. The assumed title 'On Using the Sword' (ذكر العمل بالسف) is taken from a heading on f. 1r. The copy was completed on 9 Rabī' I 739/24 September 1338 by an ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
9 Rabī' al-Awwal 739
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+65+iii

2. Add Or 5772

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5772
Title:
Archer and his wife
Scope & Content:
Archer and his wife holding bow and arrows. Inscribed: 'Nayaddichee. Nayaddy.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1840
Extent:
1 item

3. IO Islamic 4768

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 4768
Title:
1 copy of Ārāʼish-i maḥfīl by Mīr Sher ʻAlī Afsos
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Urdu
Date Range:
1883-1884
Extent:
152 ff

4. Or 5735

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5735
Title:
A miscellany
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
116 ff

5. Or 7319

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7319
Title:
Iptida'u'l-Kavs - ابتداء القوس
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on archery written by Mehmet İbn-i Yunus el-Tirmizi el-Mukallap at the request of his friends Salahaddin el-Kavvas el-Tusi and Dursun, probably in the 15th or 16th centuries CE, judging by the language of the text. The title Fazail-i tir-endazi is found at the beg...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 text, 65 ff

6. Or 10884

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 10884
Title:
Minhacu'l-rumat - منهاج الرماة
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on archery in 7 ebvap by Vahit Mehmet Paşa (Seyit Mehmet Vahit, died 1244 AH/1828-29 CE). The title in the manuscript is given as Minhac-i rumat (f 3r). The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied in 1233 AH (1817-18 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1233
Extent:
1 text, 64 ff

7. Or 14113

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14113
Title:
1 copy of Yavāqīt al-ramy by Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1723
Extent:
135 ff

8. Or 14143

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14143
Title:
1 copy of Hidāyat al-rāmī by Budāʼī, Muḥammad
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
54 ff

9. 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

10. Or 16165

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16165
Title:
[Kavsname] - [قوسنامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on Ottoman archery technique, procedure, and etiquette, an account of the history of archery, and a description of archery grounds in Istanbul, Gelibolu (Gallipoli), and Cairo. It was authored in the seventeenth century by Kemankeş Mustafa Efendi, about whom littl...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11th or 12th century
Extent:
1 text, 35 ff