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Summary of Contents: قرق وزیر تأريخي An imperfect copy of the well-known Ottoman Turkish version of the History of the Forty Vezirs, made in the 15th century by Aḥmad-i Miṣrí, or Sheykh-záde, which has been translated into English by E. J. W. Gibb. See Rieu, B.M.T.C., pp. 216-219; Flügel, Vienna Cat., vol. I, p. 417; and cp. Gibb, Hist. of Ottoman Poetry, vol. I, p. 430, n. 1, and vol. V, p. 13, n. 1. Begins: حمد و ثنا بی منتها اول بار تعالی حضرتنهAuthor: Aḥmad-i Miṣrí (Sheykh-záde)Title: Ḳırḳ Vezír TarihiTitle: قرق وزیر تأريخيTitle: History of the Forty VezirsImperfect copy. Translated into English by E. J. W. Gibb. See Rieu, B.M.T.C., pp. 216-219; Flügel, Vienna Cat., vol. I, p. 417; and cp. Gibb, Hist. of Ottoman Poetry, vol. I, p. 430, n. 1, and vol. V, p. 13, n. 1.
Incipit: حمد و ثنا بی منتها اول بار تعالی حضرتنهLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexSupport: PaperExtent: Ff. 78, imperfectDimensions (leaf): 19 × 13.8 cm.Layout
19 lines
Hand(s)
Written in clear nasta'liq.
History
Origin: Muharram, 1155/February-March, 1742 CE ; KazanProvenance and Acquisition
Professor E. H. Minns has noted on the fly-leaf that he bought the MS. at Kazan in September, 1898.
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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