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Subject(s)

• Dream interpretation—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Medicine—Turkey [Browse]

Summary note

Turkish translation of the Arabic treatise on dream interpretation attributed to Ibn Sīrīn; with several other short texts.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title from fol. 7b.
• On spine: Partially torn label reading "[Tab]irname-yi" in Arabic script.
• Physical description: Text 5 is 13 lines per page; written in neat, medium naskh in black on heavy glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in double red lines; rubrication, catchwords, and vocalization. Paginated 1-184 in Arabic script beginning on fol. 19a (beginning of first bāb). Some staining and smudging.
• Remainder of ms. written in casual naskh in black by a variety of hands on glazed, laid European paper. Text 6 vocalized. Fol. 5b, 116a-117b, 120b, 121b, 122b-137b blank. Fol. 6 and 7 pasted together. Some damp staining and smudging.
• Origin: Text 5 likely from the 18th cent.; remainder of ms. 19th cent.
• Incipit: الحمد لله رب العالمىن حمدا ىلىق وجلاله ... اما بعد علم تعبىر خواب بعض مشاىخ کرام تألىفلرندن على الخصوص علم تعبىرده ماهر و قواعدنده مستحضر اولان مولانا محمد بن سىرىن تألىفندن

Binding note

Full maroon leather with blind-stamped central medallion and pendants. Small floral impressions in corners and radiating from medallion; blind-tooled fillets. Green pastedowns and flyleaves.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1a: Istihare.
• 2. fol. 1b-2b: Nevi min it-tabirname.
• 3. fol. 3a-5a: Haza İhtilacname.
• 4. fol. 6a: Haza Hareket-i kuş. Poem.
• 5. fol. 7b-109b: Haza Tercüme-yi Tabirname-yi İbn Sirin. Table of contents on fol. 18b-19a.
• 6. fol. 110a-113b: [Short text on practical medicine].
• 7. fol. 114a-115b, 118a-120a, 121a, 122a: [Recipes, supplications, and notes].

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Provenance

Owner's note in modern Turkish dated 1937 (fol. ia).

Source acquisition

Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Books, 2011/09/07 (2012-16).

Other title(s)

• Tercüme-yi Tabirname-yi İbn Sirin
• ترجمه تعبىرنامۀ ابن سىرىن
• Istihare.
• استخاره.
• Nevi min ıt-tabirname.
• نوع من التعبيرنامه.
• İhtilacname.
• اختلاج‌نامه.
• Hareket-i kuş.
• حرکت کوش.

OCLC

756493743

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