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Or 16777

Record Id:

032-003463379

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003463379

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16777

Title:

[Two histories of Turkic dynasties]

Scope & Content:

ff. 1r-179r

A history of the Ottoman dynasty from Osman Bey (611 AH/1214 CE) to Sultan Murad Khan (995 AH / 1586 CE). The full title of the work is as follows:

كتاب تحفة ال الاصحاب والاقران في تاريخ العثمان تصنيف الامام الفاضل المورخ محمد بن على الشهير بسباهى زاده اعطاه الله الخير وزياده ارخ فيه من الول الدوله العليه الى قبل وفاته سنتين لفايه سلطنه السلطان مراد خان سنه 995

Originally authored by Muḥammad bin ʿalī known as Sipahizade. The work is exceptionally rare and has yet to be included in any printed catalogues or published.

The colophon (179r) states that the manuscript was copied in the city of Makkah al-Mukarrimah at the Dome of Zamzam Water (تحت قبة مآء زمزم) in front of the Ka'ba in the Haram by Zaynab bint Abdallah al-Tabariyah al-Makkiyah al-Ḥanbaliyah on 9 Shawwal 1243 AH (24 April 1828). The colophon states further that the copying of the manuscript was sponsored by the Qāḍī Burhān al-dīn al-Qunawī (Konyevî?).

ff. 179v-187v

Fī dhikr mulūk al-tatār bi-dasht qifjaq (في ذكر ملوك التتار بدشت قفجق)

A history of the various polities and rulers that emerged among the Turkic peoples of the Dasht-i Qipchaq from about 500 AH (12th century CE) to the 13th century AH (16th century CE). The colophon does not provide an indication of who copied the manuscript, but it does state the manuscript on the history of the Ottomans was completed in Muharram 1243.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003463379

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not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003463379

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex, 188 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1243

End Date:

1243

Date Range:

1243

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Dimensions : 285 mm x 185 mm

Foliation : Western and Arabic, 188 ff

Ruling : no text boxes, text area generally 190 mm x 98 mm

Script : Nesih

Ink : Primarily black ink with red catchwords

Binding : Original Morocco leather binding with gold embossed cartouche, gold leaf pattern around the edges and stamped cartouche. Marbled paper on interior of boards.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from Bonhams 8 October 2009 (lot 65).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Asia, Middle East
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe