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Or 13363
- Record Id:
- 032-003949882
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003949882
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126106701.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13363
- Title:
- Acayıbu'l-mahlukat - عجائب المخلوقات
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains Yazıcıoğlu Ahmet Bican's abridged translation, completed around 857 AH (1453-54 CE) of the cosmological work in Arabic by al-Qazwīnī.
The text contains a single unvan on f 2v.
The colophon of the text states that the manuscript was copied by the scribe Yusuf at Alexandria (sağr-ı İskenderiye) and was completed on 2 Cemaziülahir 1099 AH (4 April 1688 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003949882", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13363: Acayıbu'l-mahlukat - عجائب المخلوقات" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003949882
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003949882
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 62 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1688
- End Date:
- 1688
- Date Range:
- 1099
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper
Foliation : European, 62 ff
Dimensions : 210 mm x 140 mm
Script : Rounded nesih
Binding : Original binding in lightish brown leather, with stamped floral medallions, flap, and some gilding
- Custodial History:
- There are numerous ownership inscriptions (ff 1v, 2r, 61v, and 62r) that include the names of Osman Kethüda, his çohadar Zülfikar, and a certain Murat Bey.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Kegal Paul Ltd. in June 1972.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, c 1203-1283
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Another copy of this translation can be found at Sloane MS 4088.
Another translation of the Acayıbu'l-mahlukat can be found at Or 12748, albeit without the name of the translator provided.
For more information on the translation and the text, please see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 106-07; and HOP I, pp. 391.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 16122 (2)
Sloane MS 4088