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Or 15916

Record Id:

032-004062517

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004062517

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 15916

Title:

Melca’ü’l-hükkam fi mü‘ini’l-kudat - ملجأ الحكام في معين القضاة

Scope & Content:

This volume contains a compilation of specimen documents for use by judges (kadılar), composed by Seyyid Mehmed Masum La‘lizade (Şeyh Mehmed Ma‘sum ibn es-Seyyid Hacc ‘Abdullah ibn-i Şeyh Mehmed La‘lizade), who was a kadı himself in Istanbul.

This text is rare and has not been found in published catalogues. There is a table of contents on ff 1v-2r, which is dated 1175 AH/1762 CE, the year after the text was completed. The work covers a range of practical, day-to-day subjects, including marriage and divorce, inheritances, endowments, and purchases, sales, and exchanges.

Begins:

Besmele el-Hamd... ve’s-salat... amma ba‘d Bu ‘abd-i fakir-i kalilü’l-biza‘a ve ‘adimü’l-istita‘a Ebi (sic) ‘Arif es-Seyyid Mehmed Ma‘sum...el-med‘u bi-La‘lizade...Dar’ül-Hilafetü’l-‘Aliye ve makarru’s-Saltanati’l-‘Osmaniye...de...hizmet-i Şeriat-i şerifte olup

Ends:

İnşallahü’l-Mevla vademi tamamında deyin-i mezkûrumuz tamamen eda olundukta işbu deyin temessükümüz ahz ve sakk oluna ve’s-selam. Kad tamm haza’l-kitab…

Other contents include a full-page marginal annotation on f 44, and a few marginal corrections and additions elsewhere. There is a draft letter on the front flyleaf verso, notes on legal and other matters at ff 242v-243r, and a table of contents on 1v-2r.

There is an illuminated heading in gold and polychrome on f 3v, and in gold only on 1v (table of contents). There are gold and black text frames throughout.

The copy is dated to 1174 AH/1761 CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004062517

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004062517

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 243 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic (nastaliq Variant)

Start Date:

1761

End Date:

1761

Date Range:

1174

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

Turkey

Access:

Available for research unless otherwise stated

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Material: Turkish laid paper

Foliation: European, 243 ff, original Arabic foliation begins on f [5], ends on 239

Dimensions: 210 x 132 mm; text area 158 x 78 mm

Pricking and Ruling: 17 lines; Rubrics; Text frames: gold and black. Moisture causing ink to run has made the text difficult to read in parts of ff 3v-7r and in the lower far left (versos) and right (rectos) of ff 3-42

Script: Nestalik

Binding: Original black morocco binding with flap, gilt and red impressed ornamentation, worn

Custodial History:

There are ownership seals and inscriptions on 3r

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from Mr A. Al Shakri through Mr T. Jalal on 28/10/2002

Information About Copies:

Another copy of this work can be found in the Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Esad Efendi 804.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Another, more popular work for use by judges, Ravzatu’l-kudat fi’l-mahazir ve’s-sicillat, can be found at Or 14492.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 14492