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Or 12477
- Record Id:
- 032-003945545
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003945545
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123926242.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12477
- Title:
- Miftahu'l-mesail - مفتاح المسائل
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a mystical work by Zati Süleyman Efendi el-Keşani (1095-1151 AH/1684-1738 CE). Süleyman el-Keşani was born in Gelibolu, and then spent a considerable amount of time in Bursa, where he pursued his studies and acted as an assistant to İsmail Hakkı Bursevi. He later returned to Gelibolu on the orders of his Şeyh, before going to Keşan, where he opened a new tekke. It was in this city that he died.
The text addresses a wide variety of theological topics, including the afterlife, fate, the Ahadith, birth and death, the reasons for the creation of humans and jinns, and prayer.
This manuscript was copied by Hafız Mehmet Şerif el-Keşani in 1219 AH (1804-05 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003945545
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003945545
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 54 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1804
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1219
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Keşan, Edirne, Turkey?
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 54 ff
Dimensions : 210 mm x 130 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 27 July 1960.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Sufism--Early works to 1800
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
-
Another copy of this text can be found at Or 12721 text IV.
For more information on Süleyman el-Keşani, see Şimşek, Selami, 'Süleyman Zâtî: Celvetî şeyhi, şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last consulted: 2 August 2021.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 12721