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Or 9682
- Record Id:
- 032-003893951
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003893951
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121728204.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9682
- Title:
- Müsellahname - مسلحنامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an abridged version of the Silahşörname, a work on the handling of weapons based on an Arabic-language original from Egypt. The author of the text is the well-known Uzun Firdevsi, who lived in the time of Bayezit II.
This manuscript was likely copied in the 16th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003893951", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 9682: Müsellahname - مسلحنامه" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003893951
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003893951
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 67 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, 67 ff
Dimensions : 172 mm x 127 mm
Ruling : Gold-ruled margins
Script : Calligraphic nesih, fully vocalized
Ink : Blank ink with gold for headings
Binding : Contemporary leather binding with sunk medallions and corner-pieces
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum in 1926.
- Information About Copies:
- Copies of the Silahşörname exist in the Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi and in Vienna (Krafft, No. CCCLXXXVIII, p. 151). A difference does exist between the two of them at the start, but it is likely that they are the same work. All copies of this work appear to have 16 ebvap.
- Publications:
- Firdevsi Rumi, Das Buch vom Fechter, ed. von Schlechta-Wssehrd, Ottokar (translator) (Leipzig: ZDMG Bd., 1863).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Weapons
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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For a copy of the Silahşörname, see Add MS 23595.
For more information on the Silahşörname, on which the current work is based, see OM II, p. 357, and Karatay I, p. 621, where it is stated that it is a translation from the Arabic.