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Or 12630
- Record Id:
- 032-003948563
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948563
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124668603.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12630
- Title:
- Hediyetü'l-ihvan - هدية الاخوان
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the biographies of the holiest members of the Halveti Sufi order as composed by Mehmet Nazmi Efendi (died 1112 AH/1700-01 CE). This work is Nazmi Efendi's only prose composition. In addition to the usual biographical information found in a silsile, it also provides important insights into the social, political and cultural contexts of the order.
This manuscript was likely copied in the early 19th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003948563", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12630: Hediyetü'l-ihvan - هدية الاخوان" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948563
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948563
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 207 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Early 19th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 207 mm
Dimensions : 261 mm x 150 mm
Script : Nestalik
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 4 September 1961.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Sufis--Biography--Early works to 1800
Sufism--Early works to 1800 - Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
- For more information about Nazmi Efendi, see OM I, pp. 175-76; and Aksoy, Hasan, 'NAZMİ EFENDİ, Mehmed: Hediyyetü'l-ihvân adlı eseriyle tanınan mutasavvıf, şair ve bestekâr,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 9 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/nazmi-efendi-mehmed