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Or 11055
- Record Id:
- 032-003904364
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003904364
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122043524.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11055
- Title:
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Kisas-i enbiya - قصص انبياء
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation, without the author's name indicated, of the well-known Lives of the Prophets, which was originally composed in Arabic by Abu Bakr Muḥammad bin ᶜabdallāh al-Qisā’ī. The translation was likely first created in the 15th or early 16 century CE.
This volume was copied in 1092 AH (1681-82 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003904364", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 11055: Kisas-i enbiya - قصص انبياء" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003904364
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003904364
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 189 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1681
- End Date:
- 1682
- Date Range:
- 1092
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 189 ff
Dimensions : 268 mm x 200 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum in 1929.
- Information About Copies:
- An Ottoman Turkish translation of the original also appears in Fleischer, Dresden Catalogue, p. 18, which may be identical with this copy, although the first lines are not noted in the catalogue.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Copies of the Arabic originals of this work can be found at Add MS 17936 and Add MS 18523.
For more information on the Arabic original, see Brockelmann G.i., p. 350; S.i, pp. 591-92, where the title is given as Badᶜ (khalq) al dunyā wa qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā (بدع (خلق) الدنيا و قصص الانبيا).