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Summary of Contents: This MS. was one of six (of which I acquired five) bought at Constantinople in May, 1901, at the sale of a Bektashi dervish's effects. It is described under the heading "(22) C. 8 (Turkish)" on pp. 28-30 (560-562) of Further Notes, and contains (1) a Turkish mathnawi poem by Turábí (ff. 1b-30a) in 32 chapters; (2) a Turkish tract on the manner of Creation (ff. 33b-38b); (3) the Manáqib of Hajji Bektásh (ff. 38b-71a), followed by the Wilayat-náma of Hájim Sultán (ff. 71b-72a); (4) the Akhirat-náma of Firishta-záda (ff. 73b-76b); (5) a treatise on the Letters (ff. 76b-90b); (6) several other fragments in Turkish (ff. 91a-104a), of which the most important is an account of the spiritual affiliation of Hájjí Bektash and the diffusion of his Order. Ff. 104 of 23.7 x 14.3 c. and 19 ll.; good, clear, modern Turkish nasta'liq with rubrications; no colophon or date.

ff. 1b-30a

Author: Yanbolulu Ali Turâbî Baba, 1786-1868 Türabi

Title: Turkish mathnawi poem in 32 chapters

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

p.48

See sub classmark C. 8 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. 33b-38b

Title: Turkish tract on the manner of Creation

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

ff. 38b-71a

Author: Hacı Bektaş Veli, active 13th century

Title: Manaqib-i Haci Bektash

Title: Manáqib of Hajji Bektásh

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

ff. 71b-72a

Title: Velayetname

Title: Wilayat-náma of Hájim Sultán

Title: ولایتنامه

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

ff. 73b-76b

Author: Firishta-záda

Title: Akhirat-náma

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

ff. 76b-90b

Title: Treatise on the (mystical) Letters

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

ff. 91a-104a

Title: Several other Turkish fragments, the most important being an account of the spiritual affiliation of Hajji Bektash and the diffusion of his Order

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: Ff. 104

Dimensions (leaf): 23.7 × 14.3 cm.

Layout

19 lines

Hand(s)

Good, clear, modern Turkish nasta'liq with rubrications.

History

Origin: n.d. ; 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.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University

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