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Or 6246

Record Id:

032-003652445

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

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MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 6246

Title:

Düsturu'l-amel fi ıslahı'l-halel - دستور العمل في اسلاح الخلل

Scope & Content:

This codex contains the following tracts, most of which relate to jurisprudence:

ff 1v-8r : Chapters relating to the Prophet Muhammad صلعم, from a work by Abu'l-Laith al-Samarqandi, followed by anecdotes and other texts in Arabic;

ff 11v-78v : Kitāb al-ḥudūd wa’l-aḥkām, a manual of Hanefi law by ᶜAlī bin Muḥyī al-Dīn bin Masᶜūd al-Shāhwardī al-Bisṭāmī (Muṣannifak), including a table of contents on f 11r;

ff 79v-87r : Düsturu'l-amel, a short treatise containing proposals for reform of the Ottoman finances and budget control written in 1063 AH (1653 CE) by Katip Çelebi (Haccı Halife);

ff 89v-142r : Majlā al-qudāt, a manual of civil law in Arabic by Ghānim bin Muḥammad al-Baghdādī (died 1030 AH/1621-22 CE). The earliest of the dates written in the margin of 142r is 1065 AH (1654-55 CE);

ff 142v-148r : Hazi risale-yi matlab şerhidir, a tract in Arabic, followed by various notes, all in Arabic.

All five items included in this codex are in the same hand, the date of which is indicated (on f 142r) as the first half of the 17th century.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Codex, 148 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Latin

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1640

Date Range:

Early 17th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Foliation : Western, 148 ff

Dimensions : 149 mm x 930 mm

Script : Nastaliq

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657
Muhammad, the Prophet,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121032851,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226

Subjects:

Islamic law
Public finance
State budget

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For information on tract 3 (ff 79v-87r), see G.O. p. 201, and O. Ş. Gökyay's article in Kâtip Çelebi: Hayatı - Şahsiyeti - Eserleri (Ankara: 1957).