A manuscript containing four items by the same author, Celālzāde Ṣāliḥ Çelebī Efendi, of which three (the first, third, and fourth) may have been extracted from the same, larger work detailing the lives and reigns of the Ottoman Sulṭāns up to Süleymān I (a.k.a. Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān), probably called el-Süleymāniyye السلیمانیة, as suggested on folio 123b. If this is the case, the parts are likely out of order, since item four in this manuscript on Sulṭān Selīm I (a.k.a. Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, the immediate predecessor of Süleymān I) is given as the ninth chapter of el-Süleymāniyye السلیمانیة, which following the traditonal line of succession would suggest that item three of this manuscript on Sulṭān Muḥammed II (a.k.a Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed) was originally chapter seven of that work, of which item one on Süleymān I himself would have been the tenth and last. Further complicating matters is a note on the fly leaf which suggests that the fourth item on Selīm I is either known as or derived from a work known as the Selīmnāme سلیم نامه, itself either equivalent to or derived from a work with the common title Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʻOs̱mān تواریخ آل عثمان. Whatever the relationship of items one, three, and four to one another might be, the second item in this manuscript is a poem titled Durar-ı neṣā'iḥ درر نصائحby the same author, which seems unrelated to the other historical works. — Multiple dates

Title

A manuscript containing four items by the same author, Celālzāde Ṣāliḥ Çelebī Efendi, of which three (the first, third, and fourth) may have been extracted from the same, larger work detailing the lives and reigns of the Ottoman Sulṭāns up to Süleymān I (a.k.a. Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān), probably called el-Süleymāniyye السلیمانیة, as suggested on folio 123b. If this is the case, the parts are likely out of order, since item four in this manuscript on Sulṭān Selīm I (a.k.a. Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, the immediate predecessor of Süleymān I) is given as the ninth chapter of el-Süleymāniyye السلیمانیة, which following the traditonal line of succession would suggest that item three of this manuscript on Sulṭān Muḥammed II (a.k.a Fātiḥ Sulṭān Meḥmed) was originally chapter seven of that work, of which item one on Süleymān I himself would have been the tenth and last. Further complicating matters is a note on the fly leaf which suggests that the fourth item on Selīm I is either known as or derived from a work known as the Selīmnāme سلیم نامه, itself either equivalent to or derived from a work with the common title Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʻOs̱mān تواریخ آل عثمان. Whatever the relationship of items one, three, and four to one another might be, the second item in this manuscript is a poem titled Durar-ı neṣā'iḥ درر نصائحby the same author, which seems unrelated to the other historical works. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 16

Date

1520

Language

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 128

Hands

Script: Nastaʻlīq.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

Provenance

The collections of John Selden.

Subject

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Turkish poetry

Didactic poetry

Title

Sâlih ibn Jalâl

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden A. 16

Summary

Portion of a history of Sulţân Sulaimân I bin Sulƫân Salim bin Sulţân Bâyazîd II...

Date

c. 16th century

Language

English

Physical extent

128 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 3162 acquired by the Bodleian Library