Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

Add MS 7852

Record Id:

032-003689835

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003689835

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100106313299.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 7852

Title:

Nigaristan - نگارستان

Scope & Content:

This volume contains the Ottoman Turkish translation of the Nigāristān of Qāẓī Aḥmad Ghaffārī. The manuscript has lost one or more leaves at the beginning, and the name of the translator does not appear, although it can be found in Or 7337 as İbn-i Mehmet Ahmet. This version starts at a point corresponding to the second page of the original, Add MS 26 286 lines 3-4.

The translation keeps generally very close to the text. But the translator has sought to insert ideas that are more in line with his own mezhep by adding an account of the first three Hulufe (f 6r), and by leaving out some of the stories relating to the supernatural gifts of the Imams.

At the end of the work, the translator transfers to the Ottoman Sultans the author's panegyric on the Safevi sovereigns, and names Süleyman Han İbn-i Selim Han as the reigning Sultan. The translation must have therefore been written between 959 AH (1552 CE), the date of the original work, and the death of Sultan Süleyman in 974 AH (1566 CE).

The manuscript was copied by Yusuf İbn-i Derviş and completed on 23 Zulkade 1072 AH (10 July 1662 CE).

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

[{ "id" : "032-003689835", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 7852: Nigaristan - نگارستان" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003689835

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003689835

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 200 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1662

End Date:

1662

Date Range:

1072

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Foliation : European, 200 ff

Dimensions : 305 mm x 203 mm

Script : Nesih

Custodial History:

Formerly manuscript no. 483 in the Rich Collection.

Source of Acquisition:

Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.

Finding Aids:

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 24-25.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 7337.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 7337