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One copy of شیخ‌زاده احمد مصری Şeyḫzāde Aḥmed Mıṣrī 's حکایات قرق وزیر Ḥikāyāt-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr, an Ottoman Turkish translation of the anonymous Arabic stories known as اربعین صباح ومساء Arba‘īn Ṣabāḥ wa-Masā', which are themselves an expanded reworking of the سندبادنامه Sindbādnāmah. — 1432-1481

MS. Rawl. Or. 31

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Description

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Title

One copy of شیخ‌زاده احمد مصری Şeyḫzāde Aḥmed Mıṣrī 's حکایات قرق وزیر Ḥikāyāt-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr, an Ottoman Turkish translation of the anonymous Arabic stories known as اربعین صباح ومساء Arba‘īn Ṣabāḥ wa-Masā', which are themselves an expanded reworking of the سندبادنامه Sindbādnāmah. — 1432-1481

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. Or. 31

Date

1432-1481

Language

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Contents

Author: anonymous Title: Ḥikāyāt-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr Title: حکایات قرق وزیر Title: Ḳırḳ Vezīr Kitābı Title: قرق وزیر کتابی Title: Şāhnāme-i Türkī Title: شاهنامهٔ ترکی

Form

codex

Physical extent

159 folios

Hands

Script: Splendid Nesta‘līḳ in black ink. Scribe unknown.

Acquisition

The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.

Provenance

The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755 .

Subject

Tales, Medieval

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  • Meḥmed II
  • anonymous
  • Şeyḫzāde Aḥmed Mıṣrī شیخ‌زاده احمد مصری = Şeyḫoġlı (Şeyḫoġlu) شیخ اوغلی
  • Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755

  • Murad II, Sultan of the Turks, 1404-1451

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