A copy of Edirneli Muḥammed bin Muḥammed's Nuḫbatü l-tevārīḫ ve l-aḫbār, a history of Muslim dynasties in two parts. The first spans from the time of the Prophet to the various immediate predecessors and contemporaries of the Ottomans, whereas the second is an account of the Ottoman dynasty until the death of Aḥmed I. Work completed in originally completed in 1028/1619 and dedicated to the Ottoman Sulṭān ʻOs̱mān II in 1030/1621. — Multiple dates

Title

A copy of Edirneli Muḥammed bin Muḥammed's Nuḫbatü l-tevārīḫ ve l-aḫbār, a history of Muslim dynasties in two parts. The first spans from the time of the Prophet to the various immediate predecessors and contemporaries of the Ottomans, whereas the second is an account of the Ottoman dynasty until the death of Aḥmed I. Work completed in originally completed in 1028/1619 and dedicated to the Ottoman Sulṭān ʻOs̱mān II in 1030/1621. — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Sale 64

Date

1688

Language

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Contents

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 296

Hands

Script: Naskh. Scribe: کاظم بن احمد النقیب Kāẓım bin Aḥmed el-naḳīb .

Decoration

Illuminated frontispiece.

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1872.

Provenance

The collections of George Sale, d. 1736.

Acquired by Thomas Hunt in 1760.

The Radcliffe Library.

Subject

Islamic history and civilization