MS. Marsh 196 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts Marsh Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: A scroll displaying the genealogies of major dynasties of the Islamic world before and after Islam, starting with the Biblical kings and prophets and the Old Persian kings and ending with the Ottoman Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān.
Title: Scroll of genealogies of major dynasties in the Islamic world
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
References
Physical Description
Form: scroll
Dimensions (leaf): 1225.6 × 29.9 cm.
Layout
Blocks of text interspersed with genealogical charts and vignettes.
Hand(s)
Script: Clear and careful naskh.
History
Origin: unknown
Provenance and Acquisition
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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