MS. Turk. e. 2 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

1 copy of ‘Acā'ib ül-maḫlūḳāt by Ahmet Bican, 15th cent.

Incipit: الحمد الله ربّ العلمین و الصلوة و السلام علی اسعد الخلق و آله و صحبه اجمعین امّا بعد محبّ العلما و خادم الفقراء یازیجی اوغلی احمد بیجان اَیْدر سبب تحریر کتاب اولدر

An Ottoman Turkish abstract of the ‘Ajāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, ca. 1203-1283

Fragment, beginning only.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic

References

Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur: Erster Band. Leiden: Brill. 1943. p. 633: 14. Kapitel. Geographie und Reisbeschreibungen § 12 (481).

Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930. p. 1175-1176 § (39) 2077

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 10 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 20.3 × 11.1 cm.

Layout

Single column of 17 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Script: Poor Nasta‘līq in black ink. Scribe(s) unknown.

History

Origin: Place and date of origin unknown.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Cosmography--Early works to 1800

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