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Or 16557
- Record Id:
- 032-003463319
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463319
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086384859.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16557
- Title:
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Hulasat ül-itibar - خلاصة الاعتبار
- Scope & Content:
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An account of the Ottoman-Russian War of 1768-74, and of diplomatic missions to Vienna in 1757 and to Berlin in 1763. By Aḥmed Resmī (1112-97/1700-83).
This rare and unusually decorated MS. was commissioned by the Ottoman governor of Bosnia, Şerīf Selīm Paşa ibn Şerīf Yūsuf Beg.
Dated 1240/1824. Copied by el-Ḥācc ‘Alī Ḥāfıẓ el-Bosnevī.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003463319", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16557: Hulasat ül-itibar - خلاصة الاعتبار" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463319
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003463319
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Text, 43 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1240
- End Date:
- 1240
- Date Range:
- 1240
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Dimensions : 208 mm x 127 mm
Foliation : Western
Ruling : Black and red text boxes, 146 mm x 76 mm
Script : Nesih
Ink : Black ink with occasional red catchwords or titles; some pages have been painted with various coloured inks outside of the text boxes
Watermark : (Italian?) watermark visible on some pages
Binding : Original binding: green silk covers, decorated with paper cut-out (kat’î) arabesques and floral motifs; doublures and flyleaves of marbled paper with similar or better ornamentation
- Custodial History:
- Ownership seal on 1r bearing the name of Ul-Seyyit Mehmet Süheyl.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at Bonhams, 10 April 2008, lot 34
- Finding Aids:
- See GOW pp. 309-11.
- Publications:
- This work has been published in translation: Hulâsatü’l-i‘tibar, A Summary of Admonitions: a chronicle of the 1768-1774 Russian-Ottoman War by Aḥmed Resmî Efendi. Translated and transcribed from the Ottoman Turkish by Ethan L. Menchinger (Istanbul: ISIS Press, 2011).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Berlin, Germany