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Or 11243
- Record Id:
- 032-003463489
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463489
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086625721.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11243
- Title:
- Mecmua - مجموعه
- Scope & Content:
-
A collection of two texts :
1 (1v-32v): Miratü'l-hayr ve ül-haber ve mişkatü'l-nasr ve ül-zafer, an account of the conquest of Ward, on the Danube. Compiled in 1071 AH (1660-61 CE) by an author whose name is not provided. The text is dedicated to Sultan Mehmet IV. An unvan on 1v is decorated with gold leaf and floral patterns in red, blue, orange, pink, green and purple inks. Copied by Ali İbn-i Mahmud el-Erzerumi, likely in the 18th century CE ;
2 (33v-136v): Tarih-i cedid-i Silistre, a history of Silistra and its defence against the Russian siege. The original text was written by Mahmud Sabit and this manuscript was copied by Hakır el-Anam in the month of Rebiülahir 1191 AH (May 1777 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463489
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003463489
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 136 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper; the first text contains multi-coloured papers in red, green, yellow and off-white
Dimensions : 180 mm x 110 mm
Foliation : European, 136 ff
Ruling : Red-ink text boxes 136 mm x 67 mm in the first text, 160 mm x 68 mm in the second text, with gold-ruled text frames for ff 1v-2r
Script : Nesih
Ink : Black ink with red catchwords
Binding : British Museum binding
- Custodial History:
- Ownership stamps on 1r, 81r and 136r from Vakıf Paşa Vali el-Din with the date 1223 (1808).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 5 August 1930.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
Silistra Province, Bulgaria - Related Material:
- For more information on Mahmud Sabit, see GO, p. 308.