21 lines per page. Written in a medium sized taʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper with watermarks.
Incipit: شكر ومنت وسباس اول تكرى تبارك وتعالى حضرتنه اولسونكم بو ضعيف
Explicit: وتذكرة الاوليا ده استرلر ايسه معلوم اولنه انشأ الله وليكز الله تعالى نك رحمتى وپيغمبرلريك شفاءنى ٤٠
Binding note
Light brown leather over pasteboard. Blind fillets around borders of covers and blind mandorlas in the centre of upper and lower covers. Pastedowns in ochre paper. Binding is damaged and the leaves are loose inside the covers.
Language note
In Ottoman Turkish.
Provenance
Ownership statement in the name of Şeyh Ebul-Hasan Nakşibendi, dated 1223 (1808-9), on fol. 17b.
A small round ownership stamp with a caligraphic inscription "Mustafa" and the date "6 12 5" [i.e. 1256 (1840-41) ?] on fol. 1b.
Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 246-247 (Add. 7831).
Other title(s)
Makalat
OCLC
122739891
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