Author
Jawharī, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād, -1003?
Publication Date
[1141/1729]
Publication Place
[Qusṭanṭinīyah] [Dār al-ṭibā'ah al-ma'mūrah] -
Subject
Arabic type., Arabic language., Arabic type, Arabic type /Specimens., Arabic language, Arabic language /Dictionaries, Specimens., Dictionaries.
Type
kitap
Language
ara,ota
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
2 volumes (666; 756 [i.e. 755], [1] pages) ; 32 cm (folio)
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
102845505
Date
[1141/1729]
Notes
Includes indexes in volume 1. Errata on unnumbered leaves at end of each volume: v. 1: recto of leaf A-verso of leaf B; v. 2: recto of leaf C-recto of leaf E; additional correction on recto of leaf F. Text printed on thin burnished paper within ruled borders; entry roots printed in margins. Preliminary matter contains the Sultan's "Hatt-i sherif" of July 25, 1727, and "al-Risalah al-musammah bi-wasilat al-tiba'ah" by Ibrahim Müteferrika Issued in an edition of 1000 copies; see Watson, page 436. Ottoman Turkish translation of: Mukhtar al-Ṣiḥāḥ. Caption title. Printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika. The first of 17 works printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika, "müteferrika" (house steward) to Sultan Ahmed III, and first Muslim printer of moveable Arabic type in the Muslim world. Müteferrika was born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania sometime between 1672 and 1675, and converted to Islām after moving to Constantinople as a young man. A man of many talents, Müteferrika was a cartographer, editor, translator, printer, typefounder, and scholar; he held many different administrative positions at court, and also served as a diplomat for the Ottoman empire abroad.. An important and celebrated two-volume Arabic-Turkish dictionary by Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥammād Jawharī, translated into Turkish by Vankulu Mehmet Efendi, also known as Vānkuli.
İlgili İsimler
İbrahim Müteferrika, 1674?-1745, Vankulu Mehmet Efendi, -1592, İbrahim Müteferrika, 1674?-1745.
