Details

Subject(s)

• ʻAṭṭār, Farīd al-Dīn -approximately 1230—Pandnāmah [Browse]
• Persian language—Dictionaries—Turkish—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Dictionaries [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Stamps [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• dictionaries [Browse]

Contains

• Halil bin Hüseyin, Marmarayî, active 18th century. Șerh-i Tuhfe-yi Şahidî. [Browse]
• حليل بن حسين ، مرمرايي. شرح تحفهء شاهدي [Browse]
• Şemʻî, Prizrenli, -1529 or 1530. Șerh-i Pendname-yi Attâr. [Browse]
• شمعي، پرزرينلي, -1529 or 1530. شرح پندنامهء عطار. [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Tuhfe-yi Şahidî, Şahidî İbrahim's Persian-Turkish dictionary in verse, together with a commentary on Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār's mystical poem Pendname.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by the cataloger.
• Layout: 15 lines per page.
• Description: Written in medium small, fairly casual script in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper.
• Incipit: [شرح تحفهء شاهدي] بنام خالق وحى وتوانا ... شاهدئ مرحوم كتابنك اولينى حديث شريفه اتباع اسم الله عز وجل ايله ابتداء ايليوب -- [شرح پندنامهء عطار] حمد بى حد ان خدائى پاك را اول شريك ونظير دن پاك
• Explicit: [شرح تحفهء شاهدي] شاهديه هر كيم ايلرسه دعا ايده محشرده شفاعت مصطفا ... هالكم يا صاح شرح الشاهدى -- [شرح پندنامهء عطار] حق تعالينك رحمتى شول كيمسه نك روحى اوزره اولسون كين نصايح را بخواند او بسى كه بو نصيحتلرى اول چوق اوقيه

Binding note

Type II (with flap) binding in embossed paper with olive and brown foliage pattern over pasteboard on covers. Brown leather on spine. Envelope flap loose inside covers.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

Contents

• 1. Fol. 1b-67a: Șerh-i Tuhfe-yi Şahidî / Halil ibn Hüseyn Marmarayî.
• 2. Fol. 70b-153a: Șerh-i Pendname-yi Attâr / Mustafa Șemi. This copy does not have the introductory section which would appear to be present in other copies.

Provenance

Ownership statement in the name of Hacı Salih Efendi, accompanied by a seal with the date 1284 (1867-68), on fol. 1a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, 154 (Sloane 3588)
• GHB Sarajevo, Katalog arapskih, turskih, perzijskih i bosanskih rukopisa, v. 13 (7682, 7683, 7684)

OCLC

105937980

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