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Or 14099
- Record Id:
- 032-003366769
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003366769
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040658965.0x000001
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- Or 14099
- Title:
- Mecmua - مجموعه
- Scope & Content:
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1. f. 1v-27r: [Rūznāmẹ-’i Şeyh Vefā] Rūznāmẹ te’līf-i Şeyh Vefā
The well-known rūznāmẹ or almanac attributed to Müsliḥ-id-din Muṣṭafà ibn Aḥmed called Şeyh Vefā (d. 986/1490-1). See Abdülkadir Erdoğan, Şeyh Vefâ: hayatı ve eserleri (Istanbul, 1941); ‘OM I, p. 181. Other manuscripts: see H. Sohrweide, VOHD XIII/5, p. 163. There are coloured diagrams on f. 4v-5r, 16v-17r. Other tables are in red, some having small ornamental panels in green.
2. f. 28v-46r:
A series of tables on the following subjects: f. 28v, Prophets; 28v, Prophet Muḥammed; 29v-30r, reigns of the Rūm Seljuks and first Ottoman Sultans; 30v-31r, Caliphs and their reigns; 31v-32r, earliest Iranian kings; 32v-37r and 38v-46r, astrological tables showing the best days for particular actions, the seven iḳlīms and the Ka'be, and the causes of rainbows. The first table, f. 33v-35r, is a chronology dating from 835/1431-2. It was published by H. N. Atsız in Osmanlı tarihine ait takvimler. I, Istanbul 1961, pp. 58-74, with introduction, romanisation, indexes and notes. Coloured diagrams on f. 37v-38r and 44r-45r.
3. f. 47v-83v: Kitāb ül-Melḥamẹ ve ca‘alīyẹ (sic)
Treatise on cosmological and meteorological phenomena and their significance, according to the time of their occurrence. The author is not identified; no other copy has been traced. For other similar works see H. Sohrweide, VOHD XIII/5, p. 276.
4. f. 83v-84r: Ġurrẹ-nāmẹ-'i Şeyh Bayezid
A Ġurrẹ-nāmẹ or table showing incidence of the first day of the lunar month, compiled for Sultan Süleymān I in 926/1520.
5. f. 84v-85r: Falname-'i Kur'an-i 'Azim
A brief text on divination by taking omens from the Qur’ān.
6. f. 85v-86r: Ta'bir-nāmẹ
A short tract on the interpretation of dreams.
7. f. 86v-109r: Ta'bir ür-rü'ya
A treatise on the interpretation of dreams.
8. f. 109v-123v: Ḳānūn-nāmẹ-'i padişahi
A Ḳānūn-nāmẹ of Sultan Aḥmed I (reg. 1012-26/1603-17, detailing some significant changes in Ottoman law and administration. The author is Mü'ezzin-zade 'Ali Efendi, better known as 'Ayn-i 'Ali, for whom see GOW pp. 140-2; 'OM III, p. 286. Other mss.: see B. Flemming, VOHD XIII/1, p. 275.
9. f. 123v-130v: Kavanin-i Al-i 'Osman, hulasa-'i mezamin-i defter-i Dīvān
Another compilation of Ottoman regulations by 'Ayn-i 'Ali. Other mss., printed edition, and translations: see GOW p. 142.
10. f. 131r: [Ḳānūn]
An ordinance regarding the reallocation of timars, or fiefs, in the sancak of Nikboli (Nikbolu; now Nikopoli, Bulgaria).
11. f. 131v-146r: Ḳānūn-nāmẹ-'i Sultan Süleyman Han der beyān-i cerayim ve zina
Legislation of Sultan Süleyman I regarding penalties for criminal offences including fornication. Published by U. Heyd, in Studies in old Ottoman criminal law, Oxford 1973.
12. f. 146r-150v: [Ḳānūn-nāmẹ]
A compilation of regulations on Ottoman court etiquette and ceremonies. These date from the reign of Süleymān I but the text was assembled later, ca. 1570. See the study by K. Dilger, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des osmanischen Hofzeremoniells im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, Munich 1967.
13. f. 151r-153v: Sabıka Vilayet-i Rum zu'aması ve erbab-i timarı hakkında varid olan Ḳānūn-nāmẹ-i hümayundır
An ordinance requiring that all timars in Rumeli be properly recorded in the central register.
14. f. 153v-154r: Ḳānūn-nāmẹ-'i 'Osmani bera-yi timar daden
Ḳānūn-nāmẹ detailing timars granted to Ağas (high officials of the Imperial Household) and subaşıs (police superintendents).
15. f. 154v-155r: Ḳānūn-nāmẹ-'i Mir-i Miran der timar daden
A Ḳānūn-nāmẹ regulating aspects of the tenure of timars.
16. f. 155r-156r: Hükm-i hümayun ki bi fulan Paşa Mir-i Miran-i Rumeli vürud yafta
Decree concerning timar lands in Rumeli: if changes of tenure are not reported to Istanbul for registration within six months the timars concerned will henceforth be forfeited.
17. f. 156r-159v: [Ḳānūn-nāmẹ]
Ḳānūn-nāmẹ stipulating circumstances in which fiefdoms granted to sipahis in Rumeli or Anadolu may be claimed by their descendants.
18. f. 159v-160v: Ḳānūn-i cedīd
Ḳānūn of Sultan Selim II, dated 974/1566-7, requiring correct administration of taxable estates and reiterating their division into three categories: ‘Üşriye, haraciye, memleket.
19. f. 161r-168r: [Fetāvà]
Ebussü'ud Efendiniñ suret-i fetvalarıdır, arazi-i 'üşriye ve haraciye ve arz-ı memleket hususunda
A collection of decrees of the Şeyh ül-İslām Ebussuud Efendi (898 AH/1490 CE - 982 AH/1573 CE) on questions regarding ‘Üşriye, haraciye and memleket lands. On Ebussuud see M. C. Baysun, ‘Ebussüud Efendi’, İA IV, pp. 92-9; also N. Gültepe, Ebussüud Efendi, Istanbul 1984. For mss. of his general fetvàs, see M. Götz, VOHD XIII/4, p. 74.
The contents of this compilation of fetvàs partly correspond to those of the texts published under the title ‘'Osmanlı Ḳānūn-nāmẹleri’ in Milli tetebbü'ler mecmu'ası, i, pp. [49]-58. First comes the decree on protection and taxation of property in the vilāyet of Budin, conquered by Sultan Sleyman in 948/1541; this is followed by numerous questions and answers.
It is possible that other Ḳānūn-nāmẹ texts found in this manuscripts have been published.
No colophon. Probably copied during the first half of the 17th century. All texts are written in the same good, large nesih hand.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
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- 032-003366769
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- 032-003366769
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 169 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Materials: Thick, cream laid paper; modern end papers of deep orange and black
Dimensions: 285 x 193 mm.; text area variable, generally ca. 230 x 120 mm
Foliation : 169 ff.
Pricking and Ruling : Generally 25 lines; catchwords. Some headings and all quotations are in red. Red text frames. Coloured ornamentation to tables etc., in green, blue and red.
Script : Nasih
Binding : original brown goatskin with gilt impressed central floral medallions and blind-tooled borders. It now lacks a flap, and what is now the back cover may have been the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
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Other copies of the decisions found on ff 161r-168r can be found at Or 7255, Or 8881 text III, Or 12493, Or 13508, and Add MS 7834 text I.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7834
Or 12423
Or 13508
Or 15688
Or 15756
Or 7255
Or 8881