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Ottoman book of prayers

Title	Ottoman book of prayers
Publication Date:	1798-1799 (1213H)
Type	Document
Language	ara,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	179 mm x 122 mm x 107 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 464
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1798-1799 (1213H)
Notes	Ottoman book of prayers. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, gold-painted leather bookcovers with separate green velvet slipcover with silver couch-embroidered Ottoman tughra, 131 folios, Arabic and Turkish text in naskh script, with illuminated headings, labelled scenes, tables and talismanic diagrams of holy places, objects and signs throughout, Ottoman book of prayers, (1: fols. 1v-4r) Prayer invocations to God (Du`a-yi jamīl), (2: fols. 4r-9r) Prayer invocations in God's names (Du`a min ism al-a`ẓam), (3: fols. 9r-76r) selected verses and suras from the Qur'ān, (4: fols. 76v-94r) litanies (ṣalawāt) to the Prophet, (5: fols. 94v-95r) inscribed diagrams for the names of God and the Prophet Muḥammad, (6: fols. 95v-96r) inscribed diagrams for the Prophet's seal (muhr al-nubawa), (7: fols. 96v-97r) description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabī), (8: fols. 97v-98r) seals (muhr) of Imāms Ja`far al-Ṣādiq and `Alī (shakl `ayn) (9: fols. 98v-100v) topographical scenes of the Ka`ba in Mecca, the holy sanctuary (Ḥaram al-sharīf) in Jerusalem, and the Prophet's tomb and home in Medina, (10: fols. 100v-101r) labelled images of the Prophet's banner (liwā al-ḥamd), rosary (tasbīḥ sharīf), tooth-stick (miswāk sharīf) and battle standards, (11: fol. 101v) the Prophet’s genealogy as a rose-bush (naming his close Companions and family on the leaves), (12: fol. 102r) the Ṭūbā tree growing in paradise, and a list of the eight paradise gardens), (13: fols. 102v-130r) prayers of invocation for specific occasions, signed (colophon on fol. 130r) by Muḥammad Amīn al-Rushdī, known as Hāfiẓ al-Qur'ān of Edirne, guardsman (tabardār) of the Old Palace (Sara-yi `Atīq), one of the students of Hājj Muḥammad al-Rājī of Kūtāhya, Istanbul, Turkey, dated 1213H, 1798-1799.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material), Silver, Silk
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi, Istanbul
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Ottoman book of prayers

Publication Date 1798-1799 (1213H)

Type Document

Language ara,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 179 mm x 122 mm x 107 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 464

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1798-1799 (1213H)

Notes Ottoman book of prayers. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, gold-painted leather bookcovers with separate green velvet slipcover with silver couch-embroidered Ottoman tughra, 131 folios, Arabic and Turkish text in naskh script, with illuminated headings, labelled scenes, tables and talismanic diagrams of holy places, objects and signs throughout, Ottoman book of prayers, (1: fols. 1v-4r) Prayer invocations to God (Du`a-yi jamīl), (2: fols. 4r-9r) Prayer invocations in God's names (Du`a min ism al-a`ẓam), (3: fols. 9r-76r) selected verses and suras from the Qur'ān, (4: fols. 76v-94r) litanies (ṣalawāt) to the Prophet, (5: fols. 94v-95r) inscribed diagrams for the names of God and the Prophet Muḥammad, (6: fols. 95v-96r) inscribed diagrams for the Prophet's seal (muhr al-nubawa), (7: fols. 96v-97r) description of the Prophet (Hilya al-nabī), (8: fols. 97v-98r) seals (muhr) of Imāms Ja`far al-Ṣādiq and `Alī (shakl `ayn) (9: fols. 98v-100v) topographical scenes of the Ka`ba in Mecca, the holy sanctuary (Ḥaram al-sharīf) in Jerusalem, and the Prophet's tomb and home in Medina, (10: fols. 100v-101r) labelled images of the Prophet's banner (liwā al-ḥamd), rosary (tasbīḥ sharīf), tooth-stick (miswāk sharīf) and battle standards, (11: fol. 101v) the Prophet’s genealogy as a rose-bush (naming his close Companions and family on the leaves), (12: fol. 102r) the Ṭūbā tree growing in paradise, and a list of the eight paradise gardens), (13: fols. 102v-130r) prayers of invocation for specific occasions, signed (colophon on fol. 130r) by Muḥammad Amīn al-Rushdī, known as Hāfiẓ al-Qur'ān of Edirne, guardsman (tabardār) of the Old Palace (Sara-yi `Atīq), one of the students of Hājj Muḥammad al-Rājī of Kūtāhya, Istanbul, Turkey, dated 1213H, 1798-1799.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material), Silver, Silk

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Muhammad Amin al-Rushdi, Istanbul

Yazı Tipi Naskh script