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Add MS 7834
- Record Id:
- 032-003695558
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003695558
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107661222.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7834
- Title:
- [Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the following six Ottoman Turkish texts:
(I) ff 2v-76r : Kanunname, a code regulating land tenure, taxes and military fiefs that is also known as the Kanunname-i cedid. It is ascribed to Ebussuud, Şeyh-ül-İslâm, and was compiled after Selim II's accession by Defterdar Mehmet Çelebi. The present copy contains many later decisions by Yahya Efendi (Müfti 1031-53 AH/1621-44 CE); Mehmet Behai (Müfti 1059-64 AH/1649-54 CE); and others. It comcludes with an Imperial order or tevki addressed to the Beylerbeyi of Bosna and is dated Rebiülevel 1133 AH (January 1721 CE);
(II) ff 76v-87v : Legal opinions of Muftiler and Kadılar (the Kadı of Belgrade included) on points of civil law. The last is dated Muharrem 1147 AH (June 1734 CE);
(III) ff 88v-120v : Rules and decisions relating to cases of civil law, land tenure and taxes, without dates or signatures;
(IV) ff 121v-142r : Legal opinions of the Şeyh-ül-İslâm Ebussuud. The compiler, whose name does not appear, says tha thtose opinions, stated in agreement with the ruling of the great müctehitler by the 'late' Şeyh-ül-İslâm Ebussuud, and sanctioned by the 'late' Sultan Süleyman I, had been collected by the order of the new Sultan (Selim I). They are not arranged under special headings. The work is known as the Maruzat-i Ebussuud;
(V) ff 142v-146r : Chronological list of the governors of Bosnia from Nasuh Bey (888 AH/1483 CE) to İvaz Mehmet Paşa (1154 AH/1741-42 CE), continued to later additions to 1205 AH (1790-91 CE);
(VI) ff 147v-156r : Chronological abstract of Ottoman history, from the beginning of the dynasty to the accession of Mustafa III (1171 AH/1757 CE), brought down by another hand to 1204 AH (1789-90 CE).
The texts were copied by İsa İbn-i Salih el-Müezzin bi-Camii Hüseyinağa and completed by 19 Rebiülevel 1182 AH (3 August 1768 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003695558
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003695558
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 6 texts, 156 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 156 ff
Dimensions : 203 mm x 146 mm
Script : Nesih
- Custodial History:
- Formerly manuscript number 567 in the Rich Collection.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from the collection of Claudius Rich.
- Information About Copies:
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Other copies of the Kanunname can be found in Uppsala, p. 298, no. 470; Vienna III, p. 250, no. 1816; Munich, No. 113-115.
Other copies of text 4 can be found in Krafft, no. 466; Uppsala, no. 270; and Aumer, no. 113-114.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Islamic law -- Early works to 1800
Land tenure
Legal documents - Places:
- Belgrade, Serbia
Bosnia, Europe
Hungary, Europe
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
Serbia, Europe - Related Material:
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Other copies of some of these texts can be found at Or 13508 and Add MS 7840.
Another copy of some of the decisions in text 1 can be found at Or 7255, Or 8881 text III, Or 12423. and Or 14099 text 19.
For more information on the compilation of the Kanunname, see Geschichte den Osmanlichen Reiches, III, p. 477.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7840
Or 12423
Or 13508
Or 14099
Or 16425
Or 7255
Or 8881