MS. Marsh 196 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: An Ottoman Turkish 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.Author: unknownTitle: Ottoman scroll of genealogies of major dynasties in the Islamic worldLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
Physical Description
Form: scrollDimensions (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: Probably completed during the reign of Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān, i.e. between 30 September 1520 and 6 September 1566 CE ; likely İstanbul.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 the observation of the manuscript by Nicholas Kontovas in consultation with 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 1889-1953Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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