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Or 11160
- Record Id:
- 032-003904444
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003904444
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122068502.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11160
- Title:
- Kitab-i Tutiname - كتاب طوطى نامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish translation of the well-known Tales of the Parrot in a version made for Kanuni Sultan Süleyman according to the title, which is given in letters of gold in the unvan at the beginning of the text (tercüme-i Sultan Süleyman Şah).
This manuscript is an autograph of the translator and was produced in 944 AH (1537-38 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003904444
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003904444
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 233 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1537
- End Date:
- 1538
- Date Range:
- 944
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- İstanbul, Turkey (?)
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Gold-flecked paper
Foliation : European, 233 ff
Dimensions : 170 mm x 120 mm
Ruling : Gold-ruled text frames
Script : Calligraphic nesih
Ink : Primarily black ink with headings in gold
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 9 November 1929.
- Information About Copies:
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There is no mention of a translation made for Kanuni Süleyman in OM, but manuscript and printed copies in the Khedival Library are described in Dağıstani's catalogue (pp. 108-09), where, however, the opening words are those of the version said by Tornberg (p. 64) to have been made for Mustafa I.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Suleyman I, Ottoman Sultan, 1520-1566
- Places:
- Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe - Related Material:
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For other copies of the Tutiname in Ottoman Turkish translation made for an unidentified Sultan, but that are not identical to the current text, see Or 6715 and Or 11129.