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Or 12776

Record Id:

032-003948754

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003948754

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 12776

Title:

[Mecmua]

Scope & Content:

This volume contains the following two Arabic and two Ottoman Turkish texts :

(I) ff 1v-82v : Miftāḥ al-maʿīyah fī ṭarīq al-naqshbandīyah (مفتاح المعية في طريق النقسبندية), by ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Ismāʿīl Nābulusī ;

(II) ff 83v-86r : Siraciye fi'l-feraiz, a summary of the legal work by al-Sājawandī by an author who has not provided their name ;

(III) ff 87v-167v : Fī kayfīyat al-sulūk (في كيفية السلوك), by Maḥmūd Iskandārī ;

(IV) ff 168v-176r : Risale-yi Mürşidü'l-Salikin, a mystical tract in 4 mukaddime, 4 maksat and a hatime, by Turhal Şeyh Mustafa Efendi (died 1197 AH/1782-83 CE). This tract is dated 1252 AH (1836-37 CE).

The undated tracts are of a similar date to text IV.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003948754

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Hierarchy:

032-003948754

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

4 texts, 176 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic (nastaliq Variant)

Start Date:

1800

End Date:

1840

Date Range:

Early 19th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Material : Paper

Foliation : European, 176 ff

Dimensions : 213 mm x 163 mm

Script : Nestalik

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Museum form Dr. Oskar Rescher on 30 October 1962.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Nābulusī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī ibn Ismā‘īl, 1641-1731

Subjects:

Mysticism

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Another copy of text II might be found at Or 14075.

For more information on Turhal Şeyh Mustafa Efendi, see OM I, p. 108.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 14075
Or 16144
Or 16145