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Summary of Contents: A collection of five Hurúfi and Súfi tracts, manuscript, printed and lithographed, bound together in one volume. They are as follows: (1) The Discourses (Maqálát) of Hájjí Bektash in Turkish. A MS. of 20 ff. of 20.3 x 13.5 cm and 19 ll., good naskh with rubrications, no colophon, date or note of acquisition. (2) The "Interpreter of the Nations" (Tarjumánu'l-Umam) by Ibn Sadri'd-Din of Shirwán. The preface only is in Arabic, the remainder of the text in Turkish. Begins, after the doxology: و بعد فهذا مختصر في بيان مقالات اهل العالم والمذاهب المختلفة لطوايف الأمم اوردتها على سبيل الاجمال مجتنبا عن التطويل والاملال أمرنى به من لا يسعني الا موافقته لانه أحاط بی نعمه وملاطفته اعنى الوزير الأعظم والدستور الأفخم الذى عم إحسانه وفشا، حضرت محمد پاشا، اللهم اجعل شموس دولته على فلك الوزارة مضيئة وبدور نفوس ساير الوزراء من انوار تدبّره مستضيلة ورأيته على مقدمة وعشرة أبواب وخاتمة Ch. 1 (f. 2a) deals with the Mu'tazila; ch. II (f. 4) with the Khawárij; ch. III (f. 5) with the Shí'a; ch. IV (f. 9b) with the different varieties of the Maláḥida, or heretics of the Ismá'ílí school; ch. V (f. 11) with the Karrámiyya; ch. VI (f. 11) with the Mushabbiha or Anthropomorphists; ch. VII (f. 11) with the Murji'a; ch. VIII (f. 12) with the Najjáriyya; ch. IX (f. 12) with the Determinists or partisans of Predestination (Jabariyya); ch. X (f. 12) with the heretical Súfís (Maláḥidatu's-Súfiyya), amongst whom, says the author, are included most of the Mevlevi (Mawlawi), Gulshaní and Bektáshí dervishes. The Conclusion (Khátima) deals with the six Firaq-i-Nájiya, or groups which shall find salvation, viz. the usual four orthodox sects together with the Sufyánís and the Thawrís. Ff. 15 of 19 x 14 cm and 20 ll.; good naskh with rubrications; no colophon, date, or note of acquisition. (3) A commentary on the qasída of the old Turkish mystical poet Yúnus Imré by Misrí Efendi, lithographed in 1268/1851-2, without indication of place, and given to me by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in August, 1909. Pp. 17 of 20 x 12.5 cm and 22 ll.; fair naskh, fully pointed. Concerning Yúnus Imré see E. J. W. Gibb's History of Ottoman Poetry, vol. 1, pp. 164-175, and a very elaborate and scholarly study in Turkish by Köprülü-záde Muhammad Fu'ád, Professor of the History of Turkish Literature in the University of Constantinople, in his work entitled Ilk Mutasawwiflar ("the First Súfís"), published at Constantinople in 1918. The second part of this book (pp. 205-394) is almost wholly devoted to this old mystic. (4) Another manuscript copy of the 'Ishq-náma of Firishta-záda, but containing only the first seven of the thirty-two chapters into which the work is divided. Ff. 42 of 18.5 x 13 cm and 14 ll.; fair Turkish riq'a hand with rubrications; no colophon, date, or note of acquisition. (5) A printed edition of the Turkish prose and verse works of Vírání (Wírání) Bábá, without indication of date or place of production, only a final note that it was produced for the "salvation-finding group of the Bektáshí Path": تمت الرسالة المرغوبة ويرانى بابا بنده آل عبا سلاطین گروه ناجيه طريق بكتاشيه قدس الله سرهم تمام شد Pp. 98 of 18 x 12.5 cm and 19 ll.Title: Maqálát | Hacı BektaşTitle: DiscoursesMS. of 20 ff. of 20.3 x 13.5 cm and 19 lines, good naskh with rubrications; no colophon, date or note of acquisition.
Language(s): Ottoman TurkishTitle: Tarjumān al-UmamTitle: Interpreter of the NationsPreface only in Arabic, remainder in Turkish; ten chapters and a conclusion, covering the Mu'tazila, Khawárij, Shí'a, Maláḥida, Karrámiyya, Mushabbiha, Murji'a, Najjáriyya, Jabariyya and heretical Súfís (including Mevlevi, Gulshaní and Bektáshí dervishes), with a Khátima on the six Firaq-i-Nájiya. MS. of 15 ff. of 19 x 14 cm and 20 lines, good naskh with rubrications; no colophon, date or note of acquisition.
Incipit:
و بعد فهذا مختصر في بيان مقالات اهل العالم والمذاهب المختلفة لطوايف الأمم اوردتها
على سبيل الاجمال مجتنبا عن التطويل والاملال أمرنى به من لا يسعني الا موافقته لانه أحاط
بی نعمه وملاطفته اعنى الوزير الأعظم والدستور الأفخم الذى عم إحسانه وفشا، حضرت محمد
پاشا، اللهم اجعل شموس دولته على فلك الوزارة مضيئة وبدور نفوس ساير الوزراء من انوار تدبّره
مستضيلة ورأيته على مقدمة وعشرة أبواب وخاتمةLanguage(s): The preface only is in Arabic, the remainder of the text in TurkishAuthor: Misrí EfendiTitle: Commentary on the qasída of Yunüs, Emre, -1320?Lithographed in 1268/1851-2, no place stated; given to Browne by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in August, 1909. Pp. 17 of 20 x 12.5 cm and 22 lines; fair naskh, fully pointed.
Language(s): Ottoman TurkishAuthor: Firishta-zádaTitle: 'Ishq-námaAnother manuscript copy, containing only the first 7 of the 32 chapters. Ff. 42 of 18.5 x 13 cm and 14 lines; fair Turkish riq'a hand with rubrications; no colophon, date or note of acquisition.
Language(s): Ottoman TurkishAuthor: Vírání (Wírání) BábáTitle: Turkish prose and verse worksPrinted edition, no date or place of production stated; a final note describes it as produced for the "salvation-finding group of the Bektáshí Path". Pp. 98 of 18 x 12.5 cm and 19 lines.
Explicit: تمت الرسالة المرغوبة ويرانى بابا بنده آل عبا سلاطین گروه ناجيه طريق بكتاشيه قدس الله سرهم تمام شدLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishPhysical Description
Form: codexSupport: Paper; item 3 lithographed and item 5 printed rather than manuscript.Extent: Item 1: 20 ff. of 20.3 x 13.5 cm, 19 lines. Item 2: 15 ff. of 19 x 14 cm, 20 lines. Item 3: 17 pp. of 20 x 12.5 cm, 22 lines. Item 4: 42 ff. of 18.5 x 13 cm, 14 lines. Item 5: 98 pp. of 18 x 12.5 cm, 19 lines.Layout
19, 20, 22 and 14 lines respectively for items 1, 2, 3 and 4; 19 lines for item 5.
Hand(s)
Items 1-3: good/fair naskh with rubrications. Item 4: fair Turkish riq'a hand with rubrications.
History
Origin: n.d.: none of the five items bears a colophon or date. ; ConstantinopleProvenance and Acquisition
No colophon, date, or note of acquisition for items 1, 2, 4 or 5; item 3 was given to Browne by Dr Ridá Tawfiq in August, 1909.
Passed to Cambridge University Library in 1936 (the "Browne Bequest").
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied 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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