Abstract: "Nabi's Tarih-i KaminçeAbstract: followed by a short autobiographical text by a certain Mehmet ? set in Baghdad at the end of the 17th century."Binding note: Blue and brown marbled paper over pasteboard with envelope flap. Red leather on spine, fore-edge flap and around edges of covers and the envelope flap. Endleaves and lining to the envelope flap in glazed light green stained paper.Contents: 1. Fol. 2b-32b: Tarih-i Kaminçe / NabiContents: 2. Fol. 33b-37b: An autobiographical note / Mehmet ?Ms. composite codex.Title supplied by the cataloger.Text 2 has a colophon dated beginning of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1249 (1834).21 lines per page. Written in a small ruqʻah in black ink with use of red. Texts are continuous, both are written in same hand and on same paper. Both texts written within a frame outlined in a single line of red ink, with fol. 2b-3a and fol. 33b-34a within a double gold leaf frame outlined in black ink and illuminated head pieces on fol. 2b and fol. 33b. Floral tail pieces in gold ink on fol. 32b and 37a. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper, stained yellow. Several couplets of verse on fol. 1b in a later hand.
Abstract: "Mehmet Emin Vahit Paşa's account of the 1822 Greek uprising on the island of Chios."Binding note: Brown leather with gold tooled panel design made with a gold guilloche and fillets around the borders of covers, and two gold fillets to form an inner rectangle with small rosetta stamps inside each of its corners. Rebacked with spine in different leather. Bottom edge of lower cover also rapaired in same leather as on spine. Marbled paper pastedowns.Ms. codex.In Ottoman Turkish.Title from fol. 1b.Copy completed on the 29th of Ramaḍān 1243 (1828) -- colophon (fol. 34a).21 lines per page. Written in a small nastaʻlīq in black ink with some use of red for rubrication. Text is written within a double-line frame in red ink, except on fol. 1b-2a which have a wide gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. Fol. 1b has an illuminated head piece in gold ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Cream wove paper with watermarks.Incipit: سبحان من قال فى كتابه الكريم وما النصر الا من عند الله العزيز الحكيم معلوم اولو الهى در كه دودهء شوكت اندودهء خلافت عظمالرىExplicit: برا وبحرا بو غزادن بالاتر نيجه نيجه فتحات جليله يه مطهريت دائما بنده كان دولت عليه لرين ولشاد وسرور واعدالرين برباد ومقهور ايليه
Abstract: A collection of anecdotes from Naqshabandī shaykhs, including Şeyh Havâce Meyân Maʻsûm Muhammed (d. 1098 AH/1686-7 AD), whose pilgrimage to Mecca in 1068 AH (1658 AD) is recounted.Binding note: Red leather cover with five rulings and a flap decorated in the same manner as the cover. Inside of cover decorated with orange marbling having green dots.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 2b.Physical description: 25 lines per page. Written in clear naskhī script. Captions in red; marginal notes mostly in red. A mainly gold ʻunwān with some gray and orange decorations on fol. 2b. Double gold ruling on fol. 2b and 3a; double red rulings throughout the ms.Origin: Copied by Esseyyid Ahmed Nüzhet in the first part of Shaʻbān 1238 AH (April 1823 AD) (fol. 38a).
Abstract: Anonymous short text in Ottoman Turkish on calculating the first day of each month in the Byzantine (
rūmī), here called Syriac (
suryānī), calendar year, accompanied by a summarising table.The only section in the present volume not written in Arabic, the text nevertheless covers similar content (particularly the calculation of days of the week of the
hijrīcalendar on ff. 51v-52r). The mention of the year 840 (
hijrī) would appear to date its original composition to 1436-37, while a marginal note indicates a date of annotation of 1091/1680.The rubricated first few words are a Persian gloss of the first line of the Turkish version.Physical description: F. 48v
Abstract: Ms. is a collection of the poems of Necâtı̂ Bey probably copied in the 16th century. Additional poems by Fevzi, Yahya, Zaifi and others in margins and on f. 1a and 96b-98b.Caption title.'Volume contains 98 f. of glazed paper of European origin measuring 198 x 137 mm. Paper bears watermarks of "main" "ancre dans un cercle", and "tête de boeuf au serpent stenroulant autour d\'une croix" but none have matches in BriquetLes filigranes. Text area measures 141-154 x 79 mm.; text written in Kırma script in two or more hands on f. 1b-95b. Catchwords included through f. 68 which appears to be a dividing line between copyists. Some pages bound out out of order; headings in red ink.'Binding is pasteboard covered in red leather with stamped gilded borders, center designs and spine decorations.Incipit, p. 1: واركن جانانه كوكلم جانه اولمز آشيا شمعى قويب غير له پروانه اولمز آشنا ...Explicit, p. 189: شراى شوقيله اسرار عشقه دلده رس بولدك هنه بزم ثم انكيز جهابده قورياس سن.
Abstract: A short risale by Șeyhülislâm Minkarizade Yahya on the question of the Islamic view of the followers of Abraham (millet-i Ibrahim).Binding note: Brown marbled paper over pasteboard. Brown buckram on spine. Pastedowns in cream paper. Binding is damaged and all leaves are loose.Ms. codex.Title supplied by the cataloger.24 lines per page. Written in a casual small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Glazed European paper. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Marginal annotation on fol. 2a.Ms. additions: Sūrat al-Fātiḥah on front pastedown, written in an unskilled hand in black ink and dated 1274 (1857-58).Incipit: ملت محمد عليه الصلاة والسلام اما بعد بو عبد فقير منقاري زاده اصلح الله سبحانه وتعالي معاده حالا بين الانام ملت ابراهيم عليه السلام خصوصنده دائر اولان سؤال جوابندهExplicit: بو مقدار مقنعدر تفصيل مشبع مراد ايدن رساله مطوله مزده مراجعت ايلسون تمت
Abstract: A collection of works in Sufism. The texts are in different hands and of different dates; two of them were copied by, and all would appear to have been put together by Mehmet Nuri to keep in the Kaderi zaviye (see statement of vakıf below).Binding note: Half leather binding with envelope flap. Marbled paper on covers and the envelope flap. Brown leather on spine, fore edge flap and around edges of covers. Endleaves in orange paper. Lining to the envelope flap in green paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in brown fabric.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-59a: Risale-yi Nuriye / Mehmet Tahir Efendi.Contents: 2. fol. 59b-61a: Risale / Ibn al-ʻArabī.Contents: 3. fol. 61b-66b: Risale-yi meratib-i nefisContents: 4. fol. 67b-79b: Risale-yi sırr ül-devran / Abdülkadir ibn Abdullah el-Tursi.Contents: 5. fol. 80a-92b: Delil-i büdela / Kaygusuz Abdal.Contents: 6. fol.94a: DuaContents: 7. fol. 94b-95b: ZikirContents: 8. fol. 96a-96b: DuasContents: 9. fol. 97a: a recipe.Ms. composite codex.Title from fol. 1a.Two of the works are dated: text 3 is dated 21 Muḥarram 1224 (1809) -- colophon (fol. 66b); text 4 is dated Shaʻbān 1311 (1894) and was copied by Mehmet Nuri el-Kadiri (the scribe of the vakıf statement on fol. 1a) -- colophon (fol. 79b). Text 2 is also in his hand.All texts are written inside a single-line frame in red ink. Texts 1, 3 and 5 are written in small naskh in black ink with use of red and have 16-19 lines per page. Texts 2 and 4, written by Mehmet Nuri, are written in a casual, medium small nastaʾlīq in black ink with use of red and green. Fol. 1b-2a have a wide gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, with a large gold leaf head piece decorated with purple and blue watercolors on fol. 1b. Text 3 is decorated with red and green watercolors, used for headings and breaks, and sections of the text are written inside a number of circles outlined in red and finished with gold leaf. Most texts have catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Different glazed European paper.
Binding note: Half-leather binding with flap; pasted boards with marbled paper.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-29b: Revnak ül-bustan. A work on gardening by Inayet Efendi, also known as Felâhatname.Contents: 2. fol. 33b-36a: Magical formulas.Contents: 3. fol. 38a-41b: Medicinal recipes.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 2b.Physical description: 20-23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white paper. Headings and overlinings in red; text on fol. 2b-29b bordered by red frame. Fol. 1b-2a contain a simple gold illumination and are framed in gold. Foliation written by a later hand is incorrect. Fol. 30a-33a, 36b-37b, 42 blank.Origin: Text 1 copied in Athens in 1009 A.H. (1600 or 1601) (fol. 29b); author is from Edirne (fol. 1a).
Abstract: A commentary in verse on al-Shamāʾil al-Nabawīyah by Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá al-Tirmidhī (d. 892). The title on fol. 1a and the labels on the inside of upper and lower covers attribute the work to "Aşik Paşa" -- Alaeddin Ali Aşik Paşa (1272-1333)?. However, available reference sources do not mention this work in relation to Alaeddin Ali (e.g. see EI, EB, Ṭāhir etc.) and the label on the inside of lower cover of the ms. also states that the work was composed in 1157 (1744-45), the date being acquired from the chronogram at the end of text (see explicit).Binding note: Brown leather over pasteboard with envelope flap. Gold tooled border design on covers and the envelope flap made with a gold roll inside two gold fillets. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in light brown paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in brown leather.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a.Copied by "zade-yi Köprülüzade" (the son of Köprülüzade?) Seyit Mehmet Nafi el-müderris, and completed on the 2nd of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1225 (1810) -- colophon (fol. 91b)."17 lines per page. Written in a small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black inkwith columns and separate couplets also divided with lines in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Text frames on fol. 2b-3a are double with additional lines in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Ms. has marginal annotationsmostly excerpts from Qārī al-Harawī's commentary on ShamāʾilJamʻ al-wasāʾil fī sharḥ al-Shamāʾil. These are in the same hand as the main textwritten in a very small nastaʻlīq in black and red ink to form different shapes including crescent moonminaretswordscups and bowlsfruittreespalm-trees etc."'Incipit: باسم مولاى لا له ثان وله الامر لا له ثان مبدع الخلق والنهى والشمائل منشئ الارض والسماء'Explicit: اصخاب ايله آله ده كه آنلر اول شمس هدانك انجمانى بو حسن ختامه اولدى تاريخ نشر اولدى شمايله معانى
Abstract: A commentary on the divan of Ḥāfiẓ.Binding note: Half leather with envelope flap. Glazed ochre paper with an embossed panel design on covers, consisting of a rectangle with four foliage pattern corner pieces and a central mandorla with pendants. Yellow paper with an embossed mandorla on the envelope flap. Brown leather on spine, fore edge flap and around the edges of the envelope flap. The binding is substantially damaged and very fragile.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a (a later addition in purple crayon).Copied by Molla İbrahim bin el-hac Mehmet Remmah Zade, from Antakya, and completed in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1164 (1751) -- colophon (fol. 148a).21-23 lines per page. Written in a very casual small to medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. From fol. 1 to fol. 42, the text starts off in one style, with written area more narrow and with more lines per page, after which it changes to less lines and the text is inside a frame outlined in a single line of red ink. After fol. 42 the paper changes too. The script in the first section is slightly larger, but the hand is not substantially different and could still be that of the scribe of the rest of the ms. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper with watermarks (some of the paper towards the end of the ms has frame-ruled margins). Several short inscriptions on front pastedown and fol. ia. An oblitarated ownership statement and an obliterated oval stamp on fol. 1a.Incipit: الحمد لله الذي حفظ الذكر عن تحريف ريب المنون كما قال انا نحن نزلنا الذكر وانا له لحافظون ... اما بعد بو سروري شكسته دلExplicit: ضميري صوفى براجع در يعنى فلك اوينى