Author
Ṭāshkubrīʹzādah, Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá, 1495-1561, Tashkprizadeh, Ahmad ibn Mustafa
Author Original
طاشكبريزاده، احمد بن مصطفى
Publication Date
1558
Subject
Ulama -- Turkey -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Turkey -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Sufis -- Turkey -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Biography -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
266 leaves : paper ; 147 x 112 (97 x 57) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194766554
Record ID
990068351680106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1558-1599
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening matter (preface) on p.3., Incipit: “Praise be to God who, by His grace, raised the classes of scholars and made their roots firm and their branches in the sky... And since I knew the right from the left and the straight from the impossible, I have been passionate about following the merits of the scholars and their news... When some of the masters of virtue and perfection witnessed this situation, they asked me to gather the merits of the Roman scholars, and I responded to his request... I placed the letter in the order of the sultans of the Othman family, and for this reason It was called the Anemone Numaniyya among the scholars of the Ottoman Empire...”, Explicit: “Among them is the righteous Sheikh Muslih al-Din Mustafa, one of the successors of Sayyid Ahmad al-Bukhari... He died, may God have mercy on him, at the age of nineteen hundred and sixty. May God’s soul rest in peace and light his shrine. Praise be to God alone. This is what has been made possible for me, with the help of the All-King, in detailing the conditions of the eminent scholars and mentioning the virtues of the great sheikhs. And when the time has come to conclude... let this be the last book, and I have dictated it to some Of the companions with the blindness of sight... I finished filling it on Saturday, the last of the blessed Shaban of the year nine hundred and sixty-five in Constantinople... It is obligatory, O Lord, to call upon me, confirm my argument, direct my tongue, guide my heart, and make my chest soft. Glory be to God and praise be to Him, Glory be to God the Great... The Book of Anemone with the help of the King, the Judge, and praise be to God alone. On some of my companions with blind eyes... I finished dictating it on Saturday, the last of the blessed Sha’ban in the year nine hundred and sixty-five in Constantinople the Protectorate.”, Collation: 3 V(30), IV (38), IV+1 (47), 19 V(237), IV+1 (246), 2 V(266) ; chiefly quinions; middle of the quire marks in the form of pencil stroke in the outer margin of the left-hand leaf; catchwords present; flyleaves now affixed to opening and closing leaves; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; compact, carefully executed 'Syrian' or Turkish hand; serifless with effect of tilt to the left, slight effect of words descending to the baseline, pointing mainly in distinct dots but occasionally in strokes (for two and three dots), curvilinear descenders, compact but with especially tall ascenders with effect of elongation in the vertical, final yāʼ often left unpointed, partially vocalized., Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular panel with gold cartouche (carrying the basmalah in white nastaʻlīq) surrounded by swirling vegetable decoration in gold with turquoise, dark lavender, and dark red floral accents on a field of lapis lazuli or cobalt, surrounded by decorative bands in gold, black and light blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) also in bright lapis or cobalt; written area surrounded by heave gold frame defined by black fillets; keywords and notabilia rubricated (some notabilia in blue ink); textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red., Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, some curving, sagging) and no chain lines visible ; Quite thin, crisp and translucent, well-sized and burnished, smooth, dark cream to beige in color; a few leaves of European laid paper here and there (see pp.96, 100, etc.) with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 32-33 mm. Apart, no watermarks visible, stiffer and sturdier, text on these leaves supplied in the same hand as elsewhere., Binding: Pasteboards covered in bright red leather ; Type III binding (without flap); doublures (board linings) in block-printed paper (yellow and red on dark blue), flyleaves in fine marbled paper (in dark blue, light blue, pink, yellow); upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central ornament (evoking vegetable shape in the manner of a pendant that would accompany a mandorla) and border in a series of s-shaped stamps; sewn in light blue and white thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in pink and cream, quite good condition; overall in fair condition with some staining, minor abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 180, Origin: As appears in authorial colophon on p.530, dictation of the composition by the author completed (“wa-qad faraghtu min imlāʼih...”) end of Shaʻbān (Ramaḍān in other copies) 965 [June 1558] in Istanbul (Constantinople). Date of transcription for this copy is not specified, though paper, decoration, hand, etc. would certainly suggest 16th century and it may have been executed before the author's death., UM Library inscription on leaf now affixed to upper board lining "Spec. Coll. Lib. 690713-156 Sulaiman 1968" ; former owners' marks on 'title page' now obscured by bifolium affixed to it and upper board lining; notabilia (side-heads), some rubricated others in blue ink., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1031
Sample Text
Elegant early copy of the celebrated biographical work by Taşköprüzâde (Taşköprî-zâde) İsam ed-Dîn Ahmet (d.1561), mainly addressing ʻulamāʼ and ṣūfī shaykhs under the Ottomans and organized in ten classes (ṭabaqāt) corresponding to the reigns of the first ten Ottoman sultans through Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Biography, Dictionaries, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Sulaiman Purchase Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 425 no.2, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn (ed. Fluegel), iv 65, no.7630
Elde Ediliş
Purchased in Egypt by Mr. Sulaiman ;
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
