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Harley MS 5485

Record Id:

040-002051331

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002051331

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000899.0x000006

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5485

Title:

Şerh-i Gulistan - شرح گلستان

Scope & Content:

This volume contains an Ottoman Turkish paraphrase of the Gulistān (گلستان) of Saᶜdī by Şemi.

The author says in the preface that he had withdrawn from the commerce of men, and was living in contented seclusion, when he was requested by Mehmet Çelebi, Debir (Steward) of the Padişah''s gardens, who had been for some time his pupil in Persian, to write a commentary on the Gulistān. After some resistance, he yielded to his entreaties, and composed the present work in the space of five months. He states further on, at the end of Saᶜdī''s preface (f 28v) that it was completed on 20 Rebiülevel 977 AH (2 September 1569 CE).

The margins of the text on ff 3-23 contains the initial portions of the same Şem''i''s commentary on Saᶜdī''s Būstān (بستان).

The text is prefaced by a short Latin notice of the work in the handwriting of Salomon Negri.

This manuscript was copied by Ahmet el-Belgradi in İstanbul in 1000 AH (1591-92 CE).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002051331

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5485 : Şerh-i Gulistan - شرح گلستان

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[5487]/040-002051331

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

2 texts, 239 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Latin

Start Date:

1591

End Date:

1592

Date Range:

1000

Calendar:

Hijri-qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

İstanbul, Turkey

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Foliation : European, 239 ff

Dimensions : 203 mm x 114 mm

Ruling : Red-ruled margins

Script : Nestalik

Information About Copies:

For other copies of the Şerh-i Gulistan, see Krafft, No 153; and the Catalogues of St. Petersburg, No. 374; Vienna I, No. 556; and Munich, Persische Handschriften, Nos. 162-65.

For other copies of the Şerh-i Bustan, see Dresden, Nos. 154, 160; Leiden II, No. 649; Uppsala, No. 159; and Gotha, No. 69.

Finding Aids:

See Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 156-57.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

For the full version of the Şerh-i Bustan, see Or 12172.