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Or 12919
- Record Id:
- 032-003948848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948848
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125351909.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12919
- Title:
- El-dürr el-masun ve esrar el-meknun - الدر المصون و اسرار المكنون
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains an outline of the history of the Muslim dynasties by Ebu Mehmet Mustafa el-şerif el-Hüseyni. The work consists of two volumes bound together, the second of which (copied in 991 AH/1583-84 CE) was placed in the binding before the first (copied in 992 AH/1584-85 CE) and the whole was refoliated and provided with a table of contents (ff 1v-2v).
The work, which is dedicated to Murat III, is described by the author as a brief outline (muhtasar) but he does not mention his sources.
The work contains the following sections: The Prophet Muhammad صلعم and the Four First Caliphs (ff 74v-84v); the Umayyads (ff 84v-97r); the Abbasids (ff 97r-123v); the Abbasids in Egypt (ff 123v-139v); the Samanids (ff 139v-142r); the Ghaznavids (ff 142r-148r); the Dailamites (ff 148r-150r); the Ghurids (ff 150r-153r); the Sur branch of the Ghurids (ff 153r-153v); the Buwayhids (ff 153v-159v); the Seljuks (ff 160r-174r); the Seljuks of Kerman and of Syria (ff 174r-179r); the Seljuks of Rum (ff 179v-192v); the Danishmendites (ff 193r-197r); the Khwarazmshahs (ff 198v-206r); the Atabeys of Fars (ff 206v-208v); the Blue Horde (Kings of the Kipchaks) (ff 220v-233r); the Karamanoğlular (ff 233r-235v); the Emirs of Anatolia (Mülukü't-tavayıf) (ff 235v-236v); the Rulers of Kerman (i.e. the dynasty of Burak Hacip) (ff 237r-238r); the Muzaffarids (ff 238v-241r); the Sarbadars (ff 241r-245r); Rulers of India (ff 245r-254r); Kings of Gilan (ff 254r-255v); Shirvanshahs (ff 255v-259v); Jalairids (ff 259v-263v); Timurids (ff 263v-301v); Uzbeks (ff 301v-305r); Akkoyunlu (ff 305r-312r); Karakoyunlu (ff 312r-316r); Zülkadar Dynasty (ff 316r-322r); and Safavids (ff 322v-328v).
There are two unvans in this text, alongside detailed illumination on ff 74v-75r, and illuminated headings in each section.
According to an illuminated title page (f 74v), this volume was made for Gazanfer Ağa. It was transcribed by İbrahim İbn-i Halil, resident at Yenice Vardar (contemporary Giannitsa, Greece), müderris in the medrese of Musa Bey el-Urbusi (?), in 991-92 AH (1583-85 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948848
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948848
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 329 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1583
- End Date:
- 1585
- Date Range:
- 991-992
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper
Foliation : European and Ottoman, 329 ff
Dimensions : 217 mm x 127 mm
Script : Nesih
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in May 1964.
- Publications:
- Giannitsa, Greece
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Greece
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe - Related Material:
- For more information on Gazanfer Ağa, see Babinger, GO, p. 133 note 1.