Author Original
منلا عثمان اخسخه وى
Publication Date
1774
Subject
Turkish short stories, Turkish manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey
Type
Book
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
117
Physical Dimensions
117 leaves
Library
IRCICA Library
Library Asset ID
Ms.49
Record ID
77f2b716-a435-4f0f-ad08-71288a0949b3
Library Location
IRCICA Library
Date
1774
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer., 1v-27v: Hikayat-ı latife; Title from fol.1v; Last folios are missing at the end., 28v-117v: Hikayet-i garibe; Colophon on 118v dated 1188 (1774), signed by Molla Osman Ahıshavi; Place of copying Hekimbaşı Medresesi; Table of contents on fol.28r; 39 numbered pious stories about the prophets and famous men., A few marginal notes; Ownership stamps on fol.1r., Layout: Written in 15-17 lines per page, one column., Script: Naskh script, partially vocalized, black ink with headers, some phrases and overlinings in red., Binding: Paper covers with brown leather spine., Stains and repairs with loss of a few letters; Part of fol.77 is torn off; Some folios missing between fols.21-22, 62-63 and the end of the first treatise., Catchwords present., Incipit (1v):
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful - Praise be to God...a story - the story of the word “Kalmshadraka” in Arabic, “Arab, Persian, Turkish, Armenian,” “Bunler” in “Yula Kidarlarkun”
..., Explicit (117v): ...
Where is Jerusalem's land, blessed, where is Mecca's macrame club? There is a shower and a sound jug in the city of Dokul Madan Club. It is the heart of Iman's heart. My son, Colophon (117v):
It was completed after the afternoon prayer on the third day, and was written by the despicable Manla Othman Akhaskhah and in the school of Hakim Bashi in the year 1188.
Atıf
Boogert, Nico, Catalogue 635: Islamic manuscripts, Leiden: Smitskamp, 2002, p. 243
Edinim Yöntemi (DCTerms)
Gift of Sultan b. Muhammad al-Qasimi (Ruler of Sharjah), 2002
