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Or 13435

Record Id:

032-003949904

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003949904

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 13435

Title:

[Mecmua]

Scope & Content:

This volume contains the following five works in both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish :

(I) ff 1v-26r : Fatḥ bāb al-isʿād fī sharḥ bānat suʿād (فتح باب الاسعاد في شرح بانت سعاد), poetry in Arabic by ʻAlī ibn Sulṭān Muḥammad Qārī al-Harawī (died 1605 or 1606 CE) ;

(II) ff 27v-47v : Qaṣīdah al-tarjīʿīyah (قصيدة الترجيعة), an Arabic-language poem by Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Razzāq Ṭanṭarānī, also known as Surayyā (active in the 11th century CE), in praise of the Prophet Muhammad صلعم. This is accompanied by a commentary in Arabic and additional verses that paraphrase the original in Ottoman Turkish ;

(III) ff 48v-62v : Sharḥ bānat suʿād (شرح بانت سعاد), a poem in Arabic ;

(IV) ff 64v-67r : Ḥāshiyat ʿalá al-kawākib al-durrīyah (حاشية على الكواكب الدرية), a poem in Arabic by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Shīrāzī ;

(V) ff 68v-96v : An Ottoman Turkish commentary on an Arabic qaṣīdah lāmiyah (قصيدة لامية) by Kaᶜb ibn Zuhayr. The commentator, whose name was Abdurrahman, states in his preface that he was attached to the Imperial Has Oda. He completed his work at a place between Belgrade and Vidin, and dedicated it to one Hasan Efendi of Vidin (contemporary Bulgaria).

This manuscript was copied in the late 17th century CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003949904

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

5 texts, 96 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1660

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

Late 17th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

Place of Origin:

Vidin, Bulgaria?

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Material : Paper

Foliation : European, 96 ff

Dimensions : 199 mm x 174 mm

Ruling : 17 lines

Script : Talik

Binding : Original leather binding

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Library from Osman Bey Mevlevi in March 1973.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry of the Arabic texts, see Current cataloguing.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Belgrade, Serbia
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
Vidin, Bulgaria