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Royal MS 16 B XXI
- Record Id:
- 040-002107119
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000109
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 B XXI
- Title:
- [Kitab-i ihtilaçname] - [كتاب احتلاج نامه]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a Segirname or treatise in tabulated form showing the omens to be drawing from throbbings in various parts of the body, under the heading Kitab-i ihtilaçname. It gives, in five columns, the import assigned to the throbbings by Cafer Sadık, the Prophet Daniel, İskander Zu'l-karneyn, the sages of Persia, and the sages of Rum.
Appended to this text is a short anonymous tract on remel under the title Muhtasar remel, occupying little more than a page.
This manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
036-002107098
040-002107119 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 B I-XXVIII : 16 B. I-XXVIIIThese MSS., &c., are from the collections of Thomas Hyde, D.D., and are chiefly Oriental.
Royal MS 16 B XXI : [Kitab-i ihtilaçname] - [كتاب احتلاج نامه] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1291]/036-002107098[0021]/040-002107119
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 texts, 7 ff (ff 13-19)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 7 ff
Dimensions : 203 mm x 114 mm
Ruling : Arranged in five columns of text
Script : Nesih
- Custodial History:
- Formerly in the library of Thomas Hyde.
- Finding Aids:
- Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 134.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alexander, called The Great, 356-323 BC
Daniel, the Prophet - Subjects:
- Divination--Early works to 1800
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Another segirname on omens taken from the Qur'an can be found at Add MS 7903 text I. One on dreams and palpitations in the body can be found at Harley MS 5490 text X.
Other segirnameler are described in Pertsch, Türkische Handschriften, No. 17.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7903
Harley MS 5490