MS. Rawlinson Or. 32 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: Partial copy of Ḫvāce Mollā Saʻdeddīn Muḥammed Efendi bin Ḥasancān's history of the Ottoman dynasty from its origin to the reign of Sulṭān Selīm I, compiled during the reign of Selīm II and dedicated to Murād III. Ends with the account of Meḥmed/Muḥammed II and leaves out the section on the reign of Selīm II and the lives of famous scholars. Folio is split into two halves, which are out of order; the first on ff. 164-337 and the last on ff. 1-161.Title: Tac-üt-tevarihTitle: Tācü l-tevārīḫTitle: تاج التواریخLanguage(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 337Dimensions (leaf): 30.5 × 18.1 cm.Layout
Single column of 29-33 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Mostly Nastaʻliq. Scribe(s) unknown; written in many different hands.
Additions:Marginalia in the form of Latin notes and explications by Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755 throughout.
History
Origin: unknownProvenance and Acquisition
The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755.
The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.
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 1889-1953Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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