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1. Or 16620 (1)

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Or 16620 (1)
Title:
Fatihü’l-ebyat - فاتح الابيات
Scope & Content:
This section (3v-37v) contains a commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the first eighteen beyitler of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi’s (died 672 AH/1273 CE) classic Mesnevi-i ma‘nevi. It also includes explanations of some difficult points and words from elsewhere in the Mesnevi. The commentary was authore...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1032
Extent:
34 ff (3v-37v)

2. Or 16620 (2)

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Or 16620 (2)
Title:
[Risāla-i Sipahsālār] – [رسالهٔ سپهسالار]
Scope & Content:
This section (38v-138r) contains the earliest, and one of the most detailed, hagiographies of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (died 672 AH/1273 CE). It was authored by Farīdūn ibn Aḥmad Sipahsālār, who was Rūmī’s disciple for up to forty years and wrote the work in the decades after his passing. Writt...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1032
Extent:
100 ff (38v-138r)

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