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Or 9717
- Record Id:
- 032-003894947
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003894947
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121825767.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 9717
- Title:
- Hümayun-name - همايون نامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish version of the Fables of Bidpāᶜī made from the Anvār-i Suhaylī by Ali Çelebi (died 950 AH/1543-44 CE), who dedicated it to Kanuni Süleyman (Süleyman I).
The text contains a single unvan.
This manuscript was likely copied in the late 16th or early 17th centuries CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003894947", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 9717: Hümayun-name - همايون نامه" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003894947
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003894947
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 326 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1560
- End Date:
- 1640
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century-Early 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 326 ff
Dimensions : 247 mm x 146 mm
Script : Nesih
Ink : Main text in black ink with section headings in blue
- Information About Copies:
- References to other manuscripts of the same content can be found in Paris, Nos. 369-376, 381; Uri, No. 155; Dresden, Nos. 396, 402, 405; Krafft, No. 157; Uppsala, Nos. 107, 108; St. Petersburg, No. 583; Leiden, vol. I, p. 361; Gotha, No. 227; Vienna, vol. III, Nos. 1867-72; Munich, Nos. 192-197, and Asiatisches Museum, p. 601.
- Publications:
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The Hümayun-name has been printed in Bulaq in 1251 AH. An abridged version entitled Simaru'l-Esmar, was published by Osmanzade Tayyip in Istanbul in 1256 AH. Another abridgement by the same author but entitled Zübdetü'l-nesaih, is mentioned by Aumer in the Munich Catalogue, No. 198-99. Partial French translations by Galland and Cardonne have been published under the title Contes et Fables Indiennes in Paris in 1724 and 1778 CE, and in the Panthéon Littéraire, Contes orientaux, pp. 329-549. Extracts, translated by A. Royer, will be found in the Journal Asiatique, 4e série, vol. xii, pp. 381-416, and vol. xiii, pp. 415-453. See also Diez, 'Ueber Inhalt und Vortrag des Königlichen Buches,' Berlin, 1811, and S. de Sacy, Calila et Dimna, p. 51.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of this work can be found at Or 1138, Or 5608, Or 7232, Or 7233, Sloane MS 3586, Harley MS 3280, Add MS 7842, and Add MS 15153. An extract from the work can be found at Sloane MS 3248.
For more information on the author and the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 227-28; and Rossi, p. 247.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 15153
Add MS 7842
Harley MS 3280
Or 1138
Or 5608
Or 7232
Or 7233
Sloane MS 3248
Sloane MS 3586