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Or 13679
- Record Id:
- 032-003949973
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003949973
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126836361.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13679
- Title:
- Kanunname-yi Çin ve Hıta - قانوننامۀ چین و خطا
- Additional Titles:
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Hıtayname
خطای نامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains Hüseyin Hezarfenn's Ottoman Turkish translation of Tārīkh-i Khiṭāy va Khutan (تاریخ خطای و ختن), a description and history of China in Persian by ᶜalī Akbar called Khiṭā’ī.
An extract from Katip Çelebi's Kaşfü'z-zunun (Vol. 4, p. 501) concerning the current work can be found on f 1r. Some marginal annotations are also seen throughout the text. Folio 16 is damaged in one corner and has been neatly repaired but a small portion of the text is still missing.
This manuscript was copied in Rebiülevel 1051 AH (June-July 1641 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003949973
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003949973
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 33 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1641
- End Date:
- 1641
- Date Range:
- 1051
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper
Foliation : European, 33 ff
Dimensions : 258 mm x 150 mm
Ruling : 29 lines
Script : Nesih inclining to rık'a
Binding : Contemporary in dark red calf, with embossed medallions and a flap
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Library from Lady Clauson in May 1975.
- Information About Copies:
- For other copies, pleases see İstanbul Kütüphaneleri, p. 810, where the title is given as Tercüme-i Kanunname-i Çin ve Hatay ve Hutan.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- China, Asia
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe - Related Material:
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Another copy of this text can be found at Or 12902.
Other works by Hüseyin Hezarfenn can be found at Or 7919 (Enis el-arifin ve mürşid el-salikin); and Or 12965 (Tenkihu'l-tevarih).
For more information on the original composition of the work, please see Storey, pp. 431, 1307; Kahle, P., 'Ein islamische Quelle über China in 1500,' Acta Orientalia, XII (1933), pp. 91-110; and Lin, Yimin, ' Ali Ekber'in Kitayname adlı eserinin Çin kaynakları ile mukayese ve tenkidi,' (Unpublished Doctoral thesis, University of Taipei, 1967).
For more information about Hüseyin Hezarfenn and this work, see İlgürel, Mücteba, 'Hüseyin Efendi, Hezarfen: Ansiklopedist Osmanlı âlimlerinden,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 17 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/huseyin-efendi-hezarfen
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 12902