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Or 7233
- Record Id:
- 032-003677641
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003677641
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104103128.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7233
- Title:
- Hümayun-name - همايون نامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish version of the fables of Bīdpāᵓī made from the Anvār-i Suhaylī by Ali Çelebi (died 950 AH/1543-44) who dedicated it to Süleyman I. On the last folio of the work is a short and incomplete Persian-Arabic-Ottoman Turkish glossary.
The manuscript was copied at İstanbul in 984 AH (1576-77 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003677641", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 7233: Hümayun-name - همايون نامه" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003677641
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003677641
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 202 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1576
- End Date:
- 1577
- Date Range:
- 984
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 202 ff
Dimensions : 272 mm x 170 mm
Script : Nesih
- Information About Copies:
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References to other manuscripts of the same content can be found in Paris, Nos. 369-376, 381; Uri, No. 155; Dresden, Nos. 396, 402, 405; Krafft, No. 157; Uppsala, Nos. 107, 108; St. Petersburg, No. 583; Leiden, vol. I, p. 361; Gotha, No. 227; Vienna, vol. III, Nos. 1867-72; Munich, Nos. 192-197, and Asiatisches Museum, p. 601.
- Publications:
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The Hümayun-name has been printed in Bulaq in 1251 AH. An abridged version entitled Simaru'l-Esmar, was published by Osmanzade Tayyip in Istanbul in 1256 AH. Another abridgement by the same author but entitled Zübdetü'l-nesaih, is mentioned by Aumer in the Munich Catalogue, No. 198-99. Partial French translations by Galland and Cardonne have been published under the title Contes et Fables Indiennes in Paris in 1724 and 1778 CE, and in the Panthéon Littéraire, Contes orientaux, pp. 329-549. Extracts, translated by A. Royer, will be found in the Journal Asiatique, 4e série, vol. xii, pp. 381-416, and vol. xiii, pp. 415-453. See also Diez, 'Ueber Inhalt und Vortrag des Königlichen Buches,' Berlin, 1811, and S. de Sacy, Calila et Dimna, p. 51.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Suleyman I, Ottoman Sultan, 1520-1566
- Places:
- Istanbul (city), İstanbul, Turkey, Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of this work can be found at Or 1138, Or 5608, Or 7232, Or 9717, Sloane MS 3586, Harley MS 3280, Add MS 7842, and Add MS 15153. An extract from the work can be found at Sloane MS 3248.
More information on the text and the author can be found at Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 227-28; and Rossi, p. 247.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 15153
Add MS 7842
Harley MS 3280
Or 1138
Or 5608
Or 7232
Or 9717
Sloane MS 3248
Sloane MS 3586