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Or 12902
- Record Id:
- 032-003842753
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003842753
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119928022.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12902
- Title:
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Tevarih-i Hita ve Hutan - تواريخ ختا و ختن
- Additional Titles:
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Tercüme-i Kanunname-i Çin ve Hıtay ve Hutan
ترجمۀ قانوننامۀ چین و ختای و ختن
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of a Persian account of the laws and customs of China compiled by Ali Ekber Hıtai. It was translated by Hezarfenn Hüseyin and dedicated to Sultan Murat III.
The work is divided into 20 ebvap which are further subdivided into fusul. The work has been wrongly ascribed to Ali Kuşçu in a rough note in Ottoman Turkish on f 1r.
Folios 11-18 are missing from the current volume.
The manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003842753
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003842753
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 91 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- 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
Foliation : European and Ottoman, 91 ff
Dimensions : 205 mm x 147 mm
Ruling : No text boxes
Script : Talik
Ink : Primarily in black ink with overlines and sentence-dividing roundels in red ink; an additional title has been added in blue ink on f 1v
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the British Library from J. Thornton and Son in March 1964.
- Information About Copies:
- For other copies, pleases see İstanbul Kütüphaneleri, p. 810, where the title is given as Tercüme-i Kanunname-i Çin ve Hatay ve Hutan.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Murad III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1546-1595,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066295957 - Subjects:
- China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Another copy of this text can be found at Or 13679.
For more information on the original composition of the work, please see Storey, pp. 431, 1307.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 13679