Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bodl. Or. 181 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

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Prayers in Arabic with Turkish commentaries

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: Prayers in Arabic with Turkish commentaries

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This copy contains in the preliminary part quotations from the Qur'ān, viz. Sūrah 36, on fol. 1b; Sūrah 67, on fol. 15a; Sūrah 78, on fol. 21a; Sūrah 112, on fol. 24b; Sūrah 113, on fol. 25a; Sūrah 114, on fol. 25b; Sūrah 1, on fol. 26a; and the beginning of Sūrah 2, on fol. 26b. The chief part of the manuscript, ff. 28-80, is filled with various short prayers and talismans, both in Arabic and Turkish, without special headings. Jacobus Tollius received this manuscript 1660, 'ex Illustrissimi Domini D. Nicolai Comitis Serrinii donatione,' and presented it afterwards, 1695, to Henry Chr. de Hennin.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

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Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 80 folios
Dimensions (leaf): approximately 81.28 × approximately 60.96 cm.

Layout

1 column of 7 lines per page

Hand(s)

Script: Nesḫ

History

Origin: >1660. CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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JISC

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