R.13.47 (Wren Library, Trinity College Cambridge)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Poetical and miscellaneous extracts in Persian and Turkish in three distinct parts.
Followed by a short Ḥadīth in Arabic, a Persian distich and an amusing Persian ghazal about coffee by Waisī-i ʿAjam.
Followed by two Turkish ghazals by Şem'î; Persian couplets and rubāʿis by Nawʻī; a Persian chronogram, and the beginning of a pious sentence in Arabic.
Followed by a prayer for success in Arabic.
An account of Mawlānā Būṣīrī in Turkish.
Followed by scraps from the satire of Firdawsī فردوسي and a recipe for an electuary in Turkish.
Followed by a riddle by Nawā᾽ī concerning Mawlānā Būṣīrī; a Ḥadīth by Necâtı̂ Bey and a sentence in Persian.
Followed by an Arabic rubāʿī, a Ḥadīth and a prayer on seeing the new moon by Ṭalḥah.
Followed by two anonymous prayers to be used at a funeral.
A treatise in Turkish on Rijāl al-ghayb.
Followed by other addresses to Rijāl al-ghayb and two couplets from the Sāqīʻnāmah of Ḥāfiẓ.
Followed by a medical prescription in Turkish.
On the occasion of one of his victories - probably the capture of Belgrade in 1520.
References
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Various Arabic and Turkish scripts
Decoration
ʿUnwān in blue, gold and white
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Availability
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card. (For admissions procedures contact Wren Library Admissions). Contact wren.library@trin.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.
Funding of Cataloguing
Trinity College Cambridge
Please fill out your details.