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Place Bitlis, Asia, Turkey

1. Add MS 7860

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 7860
Title:
[Şerefname]
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Sharaf-nāmah, a Persian-language history of the Kurds by Sharaf Khān al-Bitlisī. The current copy is believed to have been produced in the early 19th century, although the date of copying and the name of the copyist are both omitted. The text is given the ti...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 332 ff

2. Add MS 18547

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 18547
Title:
[Codex of Ottoman Turkish and Arabic texts]
Scope & Content:
A codex containing three texts, the first of which is in Ottoman Turkish, the latter two in Arabic. ff. 1r-132r : An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Sharaf-nāmah of Sharaf Khān al-Bitlisī, entitled Tercüme-yi Tevarih-i Şeref Han. The work was translated by Şem'i from the Persian, and is a s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Codex, 184 ff

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/6
Title:
Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917
Scope & Content:
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (263 folios)

4. Or 1127

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1127
Title:
Şerefname - شرفنامه
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Sharaf-nāmah by Sharaf bin Shams al-Dīn Bitlisī. This history of the Kurds includes the Hatime, a history of the Ottoman dynasty. The original work was written in Persian, and this Ottoman translation was rendered by Mehmet Beg ibn-i Ahmet Beg Mirza. The f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1080
Extent:
1 text, 372 ff