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Subject(s)

• Birgivî Mehmet Efendi approximately 1522-1573—Vasiyetnâme [Browse]
• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Muslims—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Commentary on Birgivî Mehmet Efendi's Vasiyetname. According to the text, the work was completed on the 11th of Jumādá al-Ākhirah 1114 -- fol. 131b.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title (in Arabic) on fol. 1a.
• The name of the author as given in the text: Şeyh Ali el-Sadri el-Konevi -- fol. 132a.
• 15 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Text within double-line border ruled in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of each folio. European paper.
• MS additions: includes 4 prayers (dua) following the colophon written in 3 different hands -- fol. 132a-132b.
• Ownership seals on fol. 131b. Various inscriptions on fol. 1a including 2 identifying the owner as member of the 5th company of the Ulufeciyân, the regular cavalry.
• Incipit: حمد وثنا بى نهايه ومدح شكر بى غايه اول خوداوند ... اما بعد مرحوم ومغفور له افضل علما وابهر فضلا ... محمد البركوي عليه رحمة ملك القوي
• Explicit: اشهريله عدت جكركن تمام اولمدن قان كورسه اشهريله اولان عدت باطله اولور تمام اولدقدن صكره كورسه باطله اولماز تم تصنيفه ... طقوز يوز يتمش سنه سنده

Binding note

Evidence of leather binding with blind fillets and stamps on covers (only lower cover remains).

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

References

• Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 655 ( no. 10)
• Orientalischen Handschriften, XIII, 3 (30, 31)

OCLC

122795431

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