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Or 16165

Record Id:

032-004060631

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004060631

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16165

Title:

[Kavsname] - [قوسنامه]

Additional Titles:

قوسنامه

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a treatise on Ottoman archery technique, procedure, and etiquette, an account of the history of archery, and a description of archery grounds in Istanbul, Gelibolu (Gallipoli), and Cairo. It was authored in the seventeenth century by Kemankeş Mustafa Efendi, about whom little is known.

The work comprises a preface (mukaddime), 16 bablar, and an epilogue (hatime). For a list of each bab, see the entry for Or 16622.

The present copy is undated, and is likely from the eleventh century AH/seventeenth century CE, or possibly twelfth century AH/eighteenth century CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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032-004060631

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not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004060631

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 35 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1800

Date Range:

11th or 12th century

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

Turkey

Access:

Available for research unless otherwise stated

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Thick off-white laid paper, water damage throughout

Foliation: European, 35 ff

Dimensions: 210 x 152 mm

Pricking and Ruling: Red text dividers

Script: Divani

Binding: Beige boards, worn; brown leather spine

Custodial History:

Owner’s inscription on front flyleaf

Information About Copies:

Three copies are described in the Topkapı Palace Library catalogue, 1:623, under the title Kavsname veya Sehmiye. Copies are also present in the Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi: Reşid Efendi, 1027; Lala İsmail, nr. 559; and Aşir Efendi Hafidi, 254. One more copy is in the TSMK (Hazine, 620).

Publications:

Kemankeş Mustafa effendi, Kavsnâme, edited by Hanifi Vural and Yaşar Metin Aksoy (Tokat: Taşhan Kitap Yayınları, c2010). A more recent edition has been prepared by the same editors (Okçular Vakfı ile Türkiye Yazma Eserler Kurumu, 2021) based on a manuscript in Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, (Lala İsmail 559).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Archery

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For another copy of the Kavsname, see Or 16622. The British Library also holds two seemingly rare volumes on archery: Or 15977 is devoted to a description of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, and elsewhere in the Ottoman territories, and of Sultans and distinguished archers associated with them, and some of the latter's' outstanding feats. Or 16163 contains a treatise on distinguished archers and archery ranges in Rumeli, from the time of Mehmed II to that of Süleyman I. On the Kavsname, see Hasan Aksoy, 'Kavsnâme,' TDVİA, 25, 70-71.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 15977
Or 16163
Or 16622