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Or 7304

Record Id:

032-003471201

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003471201

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 7304

Title:

Tercüme-yi Haridatu'l-acayip - ترجمۀ خریدت العجائب

Scope & Content:

An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Kharīdat al-ᶜajāᵓib wa farīdat al-gharāᵓib (خريدة العجائب وفريدة الغرائب), a cosmographical work by Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ᶜUmar ibn al-Wardī (died 850 AH/1446 CE). The translator's name is Mahmud el-Hatip ul-Rumî and the date of composition of the work is 970 AH (1562-63 CE).

A map of the world centred on the Kaaba in Mecca is found on ff 3v-4r. The map covers the area from Vilayet-i Çin on the far left to Ab-i Tance (Tangiers) on the far right, and from Sedd-i Acuç ve Macuç/Arış-ı İblis on the bottom to Mahraç al-Nil and Ghana (?) at the top. Although schematically similar to the map found in Or 13201, it is stylistically different.

The manuscript was copied in the middle of the month of Şaban 1047 AH (December 1637 CE).

The end of the manuscript contains a second colophon outlining the name of the translator and the date of the translation (f 283r), as well as a third colophon bearing the following text:

Hüvve Küffar Haksar Ağırhuh (?) nam-ı mevzı'ada üzerimize gelip ve bozgun verdik (?) fi mah-i Cümaziülahır fi yevm serşembe min şuhur sene isna ve sittin ve alf.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003471201

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Hierarchy:

032-003471201

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 284 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1047

End Date:

1047

Date Range:

1047

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Dimensions : 205 mm x 143 mm

Foliation : European and Ottoman, 284 ff

Ruling : Text boxes in red ink 160 mm x 88 mm

Script : Nesih

Ink : Main text in black ink with titles and catchword in red ink; map on ff 3v-4r in red and black ink

Binding : Ottoman boards and flap (?) in Western binding, with faintly stamped cartouches still visible.

Custodial History:

Formerly manuscript No. 320 in the Library of E. J. W. Gibb, No. 124 of the manuscripts donated to the Museum.

Source of Acquisition:

A bequest from the estate of E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Information About Copies:

For other copies, see Tornberg, 315, and Blochet, 151.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Material:

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 12824 and Or 13201.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 12824
Or 13201