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Or 14492

Record Id:

032-004061327

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004061327

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 14492

Title:

Ravzatu’l-kuzat fi’l-mehazir ve’s-sicillat – روضة القضاة في المحاضر والسجلات

Additional Titles:

Tercüme-i sükuk - ترجمهٔ سکوك

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a legal treatise by Mustafa ibn-i Şeyh Mehmed (died 1097 AH/1685 CE) intended to guide judges and magistrates in drawing up legal documents such as deeds, contracts, and rulings. The author mentions in his preface that he had thirty years’ experience in the law courts of Rumelia.

The treatise is arranged in twelve bablar, each comprising between one and four fasıllar. The matters covered are chiefly family, property, or commercial. There is a table of contents between ff 1v-2r, and the text begins on f 3v.

The present manuscript may possibly be the original holograph. When it was acquired, the spine bore a label lettered Tercüme-i ṣükuk, which may represent an alternative title for the treatise. Other contents include a model document on f 250r, containing the date 1125 AH/1713-14 CE and two numerical diagrams on f 259r.

The manuscript has no colophon but probably dates from the 11th century AH/17th century CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004061327

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Hierarchy:

032-004061327

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 259 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic
Arabic (nastaliq Variant)

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1700

Date Range:

11th century

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

Turkey

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Thick, cream-coloured laid paper

Foliation: European, 259 ff, plus 12 blank

Dimensions: 212 x 150 mm; text area 160 x 90 mm

Pricking and Ruling: 19 lines; catchwords; Rubrics

Script: Nestalik handwriting with rıka elements, Deteriorates towards the end of the volume

Binding: Brown morocco binding, rebacked

Custodial History:

There is an owner's inscription on 259v including the date 1132 AH/1719-20 CE.

Information About Copies:

One copy is in the Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi (Esad Efendi, 805 and 806). Another copy is in the Çorum Hasan Paşa İl Halk Kütüphanesi (19 Hk 1403), and dates to 1113 AH/1700 CE. For other copies in Turkey, see Ali Rıza Karabulut and Ahmet Turan Karabulut, Dünya kütüphanelerinde mevcut İslâm Kültür Tarihi ile ilgili eserler ansiklopedisi = Mu’cemü’t-Târîhi’t-Türasi’l-İslamî fî Meçtebati’l-Alem: el-Mahtutat ve’l-Matbu’at (Kayseri: Akabe Kitabevi, 2001), 3722.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Islamic law -- Early works to 1800

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For other works in the same genre, see Halime Çinar, ‘Simnânî'nin “Ravzatü'l-Kudât” Adli Eseri Ve Hanefi Edebü’l-Kâdî Literatüründeki Yeri,’ (MA dissertation, Marmara University, Istanbul, 2017); Süleyman Kaya, ‘Mahkeme Kayıtlarının Kılavuzu: Sakk Mecmuaları’ Türkiye Araştırınaları Literatür Dergisi 3:5 (2005), 379-416.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 15916