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Or 12680
- Record Id:
- 032-003948602
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948602
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124764588.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12680
- Title:
- [Four Ottoman Hurufi texts]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the following four Hurufi works :
(I) ff 1v-29v : An Ottoman Turkish version of the Jāvidānnāmah (جاوداننامه) of Faẓlullāh ;
(II) ff 30r-67r : Beşaretname of Refii, a mesnevi poem treating of the mystical meaning hidden in the letters of the Qur'an composed in 811 AH (1408-09 CE) ;
(III) ff 67r-71r : Gençname, another mesnevi by Refii, copied in 1244 AH (1828-29 CE) ;
(IV) ff 71r-94v : Fakırname, a mesnevi by Misali, but the text is identical to that of the Feyzname of the same author. The last section of the poem has been omitted. This work was copied by İcri in Şeval 1244 AH (April-May 1829 CE).
Works I and II also appear to be of the same date as III and IV.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003948602", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12680: [Four Ottoman Hurufi texts]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948602
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948602
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 texts, 94 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
- Start Date:
- 1828
- End Date:
- 1829
- Date Range:
- 1244
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 94 ff
Dimensions : 210 mm x 162 mm
Ruling : No text frames
Script : Nestalik
Ink : Black ink
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in November 1961.
- Information About Copies:
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Other copies of this text are mentioned in Vienna Catalogue III, p. 461.
A Gençname ascribed to Refi'i in the Vienna Catalogue I, p. 720, is probably the same one as text III.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other translations of text I can be found at Or 5960, Or 10895 text I, Or 10896, and Or 11199.
Another copy of text II can be found at Add MS 5986.
For more information on the Beşaretname, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 164-65.
For more information on Refi'i, see Kut, Günay, 'Refîî: Hurufi şairi,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 10 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/refii
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 5986
Or 10895
Or 10896
Or 11199
Or 5960