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Or 16280

Record Id:

032-003456923

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003456923

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100082010116.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100104962074.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16280

Title:

Vakfiye - واقفيه

Scope & Content:

This volume contains the vakfiye or deed of endowment drawn up for Mehmet Ali Paşa (Muhammad Ali Pasha) in respect of the medrese and library which he founded at Kavala, his hometown, in Aegean Macedonia (contemporary Greece/Egejska Makedonija). For the codicil to this deed, see Or 16281. Mehmet Ali Paşa (1182-1265 AH/1769-1849 CE) was effectively ruler of Ottoman Egypt from about 1226 AH (1811 CE) until his death. Educational reform was one of many fields in which he played an important role in the revitalization of Egypt.

The full name and epithets of the reigning Sultan, II Mahmud, are included, written in gold, on f 2v. There are three lines of siyakat script below the colophon inscription, including the date 1232 AH (1816-17 CE). There is also a brief addition to the text in a panel in the margin, in the hand of the copyist, on f 3r.

Heading:

İşbu vakfiye mamul biha mucebince amel olunup tebdil ve tağyirine tecasürden bi-gayet hazır ola

Begins:

Besmele Cevahir-i hamd ü sipas ve zevahir-i şükr-i bi-kiyas Ol Sanı-i kavaim-i medrese-yi meniye-yi hak ve Vazi'-i da'aim-i kubbe-yi hücürat-i eflak

The text features cloudbands on gold background throughout and an ornate unvan on f 1v that bears traces of Western European influence. There is also arabesque illumination in gold and various colours in the margins of the text.

This manuscript was likely copied at Cairo, by el-Hafız İsmail ez-Zühdi el-Edirnevi in 1228 AH (1813 CE).

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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032-003456923

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Hierarchy:

032-003456923

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 7 ff

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1813

End Date:

1813

Date Range:

1228

Era:

Place of Origin:

Cairo, Egypt.

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Rather thin, slightly brittle beige paper

Foliation : European, 7 ff

Dimensions: 423 mm x 236 mm

Pricking and ruling: Text frames in gold (wide) and black; gilding in colophon margins; elaborate text dividers in colours and gold (ff 1v-2r); text block measures 295 mm x 160 mm

Script: Nesih

Ink: Black ink

Binding: Maroon morocco binding with gilt border lines.

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