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Or 13855

Record Id:

032-003949991

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003949991

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 13855

Title:

Ahsen el-haber min kelam Seyit el-beşer - احسن الخبر من سيد كلام البشر

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a collection of 40 Aḥādīth, each Tradition being followed by an Ottoman Turkish translation and commentary as well as an account of the life and virtues of the Companion who related it from the Prophet Muhammad صلعم. The work was compiled in 1115 AH (1703-04 CE) and dedicated to Sultan Ahmet III by Abdullah İbn-i Mehmet İbn-i Şaban, also known as Şabanzade (died 1124/1712-13 CE).

The text contains an illuminated unvan on f 2v and an illuminated colophon at f 113r.

This manuscript was copied by Seyit Abdullah Maruf-i Edirnevi in 1157 AH (1744-45 CE).

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-003949991

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 113 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1744

End Date:

1745

Date Range:

1157

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material : Paper, with ebru endpapers

Foliation : European, 113 ff

Dimensions : 193 mm x 117 mm

Ruling : Gold margins and discs; text frame measures 125 mm x 60 mm; 17 lines, with catchwords

Script : Nesih

Ink : Primary text in black, with small illuminated panels in gold and colours at the head of each hadis

Binding : Contemporary dark brown morocco binding with gilt centre decoration and margins, alongside flap, rebacked

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Library at auction at Sotheby and Co. on 9 October 1978.

Information About Copies:

According to OM II, p. 262, there is a copy in the Es'ad Efendi Collection, but htis has not been traced in the Defter catalogue.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Muhammad, the Prophet,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121032851,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/97245226

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For more information on Şabanzade, see Öngören, Reşat, 'Mehmed Efendi, Şâbanzâde: Osmanlı âlimi ve hattatı,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 1 Septmber 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-efendi-sabanzade; and Özkan, Ferudun Hakan, 'Azim, Şa'bân-zâde Mehmed Efendi: Divân Şâiri,' Türk Edebiyatı İsimler Sözlüğü. Last accessed: 1 September 2021. http://teis.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/azim-sabanzade-mehmed-efendi