Partial copy of Ḫvāce Mollā Saʻdeddīn Muḥammed Efendi bin Ḥasancān's history of the Ottoman dynasty from its origin to the reign of Sulṭān Selīm I, compiled during the reign of Selīm II and dedicated to Murād III. Ends with the account of Meḥmed/Muḥammed II and leaves out the section on the reign of Selīm II and the lives of famous scholars. Folio is split into two halves, which are out of order; the first on ff. 164-337and the last on ff. 1-161.
MS. Rawlinson Or. 32
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Partial copy of Ḫvāce Mollā Saʻdeddīn Muḥammed Efendi bin Ḥasancān's history of the Ottoman dynasty from its origin to the reign of Sulṭān Selīm I, compiled during the reign of Selīm II and dedicated to Murād III. Ends with the account of Meḥmed/Muḥammed II and leaves out the section on the reign of Selīm II and the lives of famous scholars. Folio is split into two halves, which are out of order; the first on ff. 164-337and the last on ff. 1-161.
Shelfmark
MS. Rawlinson Or. 32
Language
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 337
Hands
Script: Mostly Nastaʻliq. Scribe(s) unknown; written in many different hands.
Acquisition
The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.
Provenance
The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755.
Subject
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
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