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E. G. Browne Collection

Summary of Contents: This MS., bought with the last in May, 1901, is that described on pp. 22-23 (554-555) of Further Notes under the heading "(15) A. 42." It comprises 88 ff. of 17.4 x 12.1 c. and 13 ll., and is written in a neat, modern Turkish riq'a (the date 15 Jumádà 1, 1282/6 Oct. 1865, occurs in a colophon on f. 78b). It contains seven tracts, of which the chief are the Akhirat-náma of Firishta-záda (ff. 8-15b), and the Kitáb-i-Nuqáti'l-Bayán of Shaykh-záda (f. 19-78).

ff. 8-15b

Author: Firishta-záda 'Abd al-Majid ibn Firishtah 'Izz al-Din

Title: Akhirat-náma

Title: اخرتنامه

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

p.45

See sub classmark A. 42 in "Further Notes on the Literature of the Hurufis and Their Connection with the Bektashi Order of Dervishes Author(s): Edward G. Browne Source: The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , Jul., 1907, (Jul., 1907), pp. 533-581.

ff. 19-78

Author: Shaykh-záda Hájí Mírzá Jání Kásháni

Title: Kitab-i Nuqtat al-Bayan

Title: Nuqṭat al-kāf

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

Title: Five further Turkish tracts, not individually named by Browne

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 88

Dimensions (leaf): 17.4 × 12.1 cm.

Layout

13 lines

Hand(s)

Neat, modern Turkish riq'a.

History

Origin: 6 Oct. 1865 ; Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

One of five bought in Constantinople in May, 1901 at the sale of the effects of a Bektashi dervish

Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").

Record Sources

Description based on "Further Notes on the Literature of the Hurufis and Their Connection with the Bektashi Order of Dervishes Author(s): Edward G. Browne Source: The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , Jul., 1907, (Jul., 1907), pp. 533-581. The new class mark and additional information from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University

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