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Or 7234
- Record Id:
- 032-003677642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003677642
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104104947.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 7234
- Title:
- [İskendername] - [اسكندرنامه]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an epic on the Alexander legend by Ahmedi (died 815 AH/1413 CE). This copy is defective at the beginning and the end.
It opens in the section on the birth and upbringing of İskender. At the end there are also several folios missing: the text breaks off mid-chapter.
The manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003677642", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 7234: [İskendername] - [اسكندرنامه]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003677642
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003677642
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 128 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper, some of which is tinted in green and yellow-brown
Foliation : European, 128 ff
Dimensions : 172 mm x 111 mm
Ruling : Blue-ruled double columns with text written diagonally; text is located inside a lozenge-shaped space in the centre of the page
Script : Nastaliq
Binding : Contemporary binding, repaired at the edges
- Custodial History:
- Formerly manuscript no. 30 in the Gibb Collection.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.
- Information About Copies:
- For other copies and more information, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 162-64; Rossi, p. 71; Karatay II, pp. 90-91; and Walsh, The Turkish Manuscripts in New College, Edinburgh, no. 15.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alexander, called The Great, 356-323 BC
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
-
Other copies of the text can be found at Or 1376, Or 13837, Add MS 7905, Add MS 7918, and Harley MS 3273.
For more information on the poet Ahmedi, please see HOP I, p. 260; Sehi, p. 54; Latifi, p. 82; OM II, p. 73; GO, pp. 11-13; and articles in EI and IA (by G. Lewis and F. Köprülü respectively).
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7905
Add MS 7918
Harley MS 3273
Or 1376
Or 13837