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Name Murad IV, of Turkey

1. Add MS 7935

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Add MS 7935
Title:
[Kasideler of Nef'i]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the kasideler or laudatory poems of Nef'i. Nef'i (Ömer Efendi) was born in Hasankale (today Pasinler, near Erzerum), and followed the vocation of an accountant. He became a panegyrist and a favourite of Murat IV, and one of the most brilliant poets of his reign. But he also ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 138 ff

2. Add MS 8649

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Add MS 8649
Title:
RELAZIONI OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ETC.; 1637-1745. Italian and French. Mostly copies. Partly imperfect. Each item numbered later with a roman numeral at beginning. Two tables of contents (ff. 1, 141). The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. civ, pp. 191-192. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased, together with Add. 8645, 8651, 8652, 8653, and possibly 8646, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 358 (part). Paper; ff....
Scope & Content:
Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: Relazioni of Constantinople: 1637-1745: Ital. includes: ff. 2-8, 203-205v Ahmad III; Sultan of Turkey: Mustafa II; Sultan of Turkey: Two relazioni of the Janissaries revolt: 1703: Ital. ff. 10-56v Murad IV; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of Constan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1637-1745
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 36271 A

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Add MS 36271 A
Title:
Letter of King Charles I to Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 20 Feb 1630
Scope & Content:
A letter of King Charles I to "Morathan", i.e. Murad IV, Sultan of Turkey, 20 Feb 1629[/30]. King Charles complains of the ill-treatment of English merchants and accredits John Wainsford (i.e Wandesford) to co-operate with Sir Peter Wych, the English Ambassador at Constantinople, in obtaining re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1630
Extent:
1 letter

4. Or 1155

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Or 1155
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of poetry by various authors who lived in the first half of the 11th century AH (late 16th-early 17th centuries CE), to which is prefixed a table of contents under the heading Fihrist-i ma fi haza el-mecmua. It contains the following works: (I) ff 8v-42v : Rub...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1088
Extent:
6 texts, 181 ff

5. Or 6417

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Or 6417
Title:
Acayip el-maasır ve garayip el-nevadir - عجائب المأثر و غرائب النوادر
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of anecdotes about strange happenings in history, all of them collected from various Arabic and Persian sources. The text is dedicated to Sultan Murat IV. The author of the work, Ahmet İbn-i Hemdem Kethuda, known as Süheyli, died in 1038 AH (1628-29 CE) accord...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1115
Extent:
1 text, 226 ff

6. Or 7169

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Or 7169
Title:
Divan-i Nef'i - ديوان نفعى
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected poetry of Nef'i (died 1044 AH/1634-35 CE, although Haj. Khal. places his death a year later in 1045 AH/1635-36 CE). The given name of the poet was Ömer. The Divan is divided into two portions : ff 1v-121r : Kasideler, beginning with a na't. From f 116r onwa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 155 ff

7. Or 7208

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Or 7208
Title:
[Two works by Sıdki]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two works by Sıdki : ff 2v-24v : An allegorical mesnevi entitled Risale-yi Hüsn ü Dil. On f 3r, the poem mentions that a Persian ustat (Fattāḥī) had written a work of this title, but that there was no version in Ottoman Turkish. Therefore, he had decided to w...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 texts, 94 ff

8. Or 7214

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Or 7214
Title:
Divan-i Tifli Çelebi - دیوان طفلی چلبی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the collected poetry of Tifli Ahmet Çelebi who died in 1074 AH (1663-64 CE) according to Safai (Esad Efendi 2549, f 165), where a chronogram for this date is quoted, and 1070 AH (1659-60 CE) in GO III, p. 449, and SO III, p. 252. He was a boon companion of Murat IV. The Di...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 text, 89 ff