MS. Laud Or. 70 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Laud Collection
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İnşā
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
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A collection of letters exchanged between Beglerbegs and Begs or Ḳāḍīs of Sancaḳs. Heading: و هذا کتاب انشا در بیان اسلوب مکتوب سیاقت عربی و رقم. At the end, on ff. 77-83, the usual counting tables, with instructions how to express numbers in letters, etc., styled در بیان سیاقت عربی و رقم and going from 1 to 900,000,000. Copied AH 1007=AD 1598/1599.
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The first letter dates from the time of Sulṭān Bāyazid II (AH 886-918=AD 1481-1512). On ff. 57b-59b the usual صورت حساب سياقت مع رقم which goes here from 1 to طقسان یوز بیک کره یوز بیک کره) 90,000,000,000,000). No date. This manuscript came into Archbishop Laud's library, 1635.
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Physical Description
Layout
1 column of 11 lines per page
Hand(s)
Script: Dīvānī
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.
Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, 1635-41.
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