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Subject Divination--Early works to 1800

21. Or 11065

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11065
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following tracts largely on the topic of divination : (I) ff 1v-6v : Şerh-i ruzname, followed by an Arabic poem about the Twelve Imams (ff 6r-v) ; (II) ff 6v-7r : Eyam-i nuhus, a short poem on the unlucky days ; (III) ff 7r-11r : A poem on the lucky and unlucky ass...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
7 texts, 92 ff

22. Or 11169

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11169
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following texts : (I) ff 2v-34v : A number of fetava ; (II) ff 2v-34v : Tarif-i ufuk, a tract on optics that does not bear the name of its author ; (III) ff 35r-v : A short note on remel, and a prayer in Arabic, followed by a letter in Ottoman Turkish. This manus...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex, 35 ff

23. Or 12418

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12418
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following four texts : (I) ff 1v-37r : Genealogical tables of various Muslim dynasties, starting with the Mamluks and ending with the Selcuks, with a brief outline of each reign ; (II) ff 37r-43v : Tabirname-yi muhtasar, short tracts on remel (divination) and on the i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
4 texts, 89 ff

24. Or 12669

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12669
Title:
Kiyafet el-firaset - كيافة الفراست
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on palmistry with diagrams composed by Nesimi in the reign of Murat III (reigned 1574-95 CE). The text contains seven diagrams of open palms with alchemical (?) symbols drawn on them, and, occasionally, explanatory text, on ff 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, 4v, 5r, and 10v. Ther...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1318-1319
Extent:
2 texts, 24 ff

25. Or 13909

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13909
Title:
Semere, şerh-i Kitab-i şecere - ثمره شرح كتاب شجره
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Kitab-i secere, a treatise on geomancy, as well as a commentary on it. According to the preface, the book Şecere was originally composed in Greek; it was rendered into Arabic by Imām Mā Shā’ Allāh Miṣrī, then subsequently from Arabic into Persian and thence into Ottoman ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 148 ff

26. Or 14129

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14129
Title:
[Two Ottoman Turkish texts]
Scope & Content:
This volume contanis the following two texts: (II) ff 1v-20v : Risale-yi ilm-i kiyafet ve firaset, a treatise on the arts of physiognomy, compiled from Arabic and Persian sources by el-Hacc Mustafa İbn-i Evrenos for Sultan Selim (likely Selim II, reigned 974-82 HA/1566-74 CE). The present manu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
2 texts, 55 ff

27. Or 15756

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15756
Title:
[Falname-i Ca‘fer Sadık] – [فالنامهٔ جعفر صادق]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a book of divination by taking omens (fal) attributed to Ja‘far al-Ṣādiq (died 148 AH/765 CE), the sixth Imam of the Shi’a (and some Sunnis). Works of this kind were frequently ascribed to the Imams, especially Ali and his great-grandson Ja‘far. They could also be ascribed t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 text, 50 ff

28. Or 16175

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16175
Title:
Two Persian treatises and one in Arabic
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1700-1799
Extent:
104 ff. (+3)

29. Or 16556

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16556
Title:
Falname - فألنامه
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish manual of divination. Like many other such works, it is attributed to Cafer es-Sadık, the sixth Imam of the Shia. Part of the divination material consists of circular tables, each listing names (e.g. of Caliphs, chieftains, tribes, animals, trees and birds...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 text, 53 ff

30. Or 16813

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16813
Title:
Two works
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1875-1925
Extent:
196 ff.

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