Details

Subject(s)

• Hotaki, Mir Mahmud d. 1725 [Browse]
• Kam'i︠a︡net︠s︡ʹ-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine)—History—17th century—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkey—History—Mehmed IV, 1648-1687—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkey—Politics and government—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Iran—History—16th-18th centuries—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Contains

• Sarı Mehmet Paşa, -1717. Asafname. [Browse]
• صارى محمد پاشا. اصفنامه. [Browse]
• Alpisalaimian, Yozef. Tarih-i Mîr Mahmut. [Browse]

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from spine.
• Physical descripton: 19 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black by different hands on white European glazed, laid paper. Fol. 59-75 on newer and heavier paper. Catchwords, rubrication. Fol. 33b, 61-75 blank.

Binding note

Brown leather binding with gilt central medallion with floral motif; insides of front and back boards in block-printed red with gilt floral decorations. Spine restored.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-33a: Kaminçe fethnamesi tarihî / Nabi. An account of the Ottoman conquest of Kamieniec in 1083 AH (1672).
• 2. fol. 34a-42a: Asafname / Mehmet Paşa (fol. 34b). A book of advice for those in high office. Dated 1141 AH (1728).
• 3. fol. 42b-58b: [Tarih-i Mîr Mahmut] / Alpisalaimian. An eye-witness history of the Safavid-Afghan wars of the early 18th century.
• 4. fol. 59a-60b: Unidentified text.

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Source acquisition

Purchase; Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarium, 2001/1/4 (2001-54).

OCLC

537819019

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