Author
Abdulvasi Alisi, Ali b. Salih, d. 1543
Publication Date
0000
Subject
Hindi short stories, Hindi fiction, Hindi fables, Turkish literature, Turkish manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey
Type
Book
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
315
Physical Dimensions
315 leaves
Library
IRCICA Library
Library Asset ID
Ms.117
Record ID
ec1f083c-fb41-445b-a9b1-cc0cf341eb61
Library Location
IRCICA Library
Date
0000
Notes
1v-314r; Title from fol.1r, bottom edge; Name of the author supplied by cataloguer; A loose Turkish translation of the Persian Anwar-i suhayli of Husayn b. Ali Waiz al-Kashifi (d.1504), which in turn was a translation of the Kalila wa Dimna fables of Ibn al-Muqaffa (d.756); Undated, but probably copied in the 17th century., A few marginal corrections (sah);
2 stamps on fol.1r; they are unreadable due to the papers sticking together;
A stamp (fol.1v);
Fevaid: A Turkish poem (fol.315v)., Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, one column in gold, black and red borders., Script: Naskh script, black ink with headers, some phrases and dots (durak) in red., Decoration: Fine illuminated unwan in gold and color (fol.1v)., Binding: Red leather binding with decorations and borders in gold, flap missing., A few repairs, stains and wormholes, not effecting the text, an excellent copy., Catchwords present., Incipit (1v):
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم - حضرت حليم خلاق و حكيم على الاطلاق
..., Explicit (314r): ...
الحمد لله على الاتمام و على الرسول الافضل الصلوات و سلام
Atıf
Boogert, Nico, Catalogue 635: Islamic manuscripts, Leiden: Smitskamp, 2002, pp.233-234
Edinim Yöntemi (DCTerms)
Gift of Sultan b. Muhammad al-Qasimi (Ruler of Sharjah), 2002
