MS. Marsh 409 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
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. May represent an earlier draft of this work than usually found. Ends with the death of Meḥmed/Muḥammed II.
Title: Tac-üt-tevarih
Title: Tācü l-tevārīḫ
Title: تاج التواریخ
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 265
Dimensions (leaf): 29.2 × 18.7 cm.
Layout
Single column of 23 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: clear Nastaʻliq. Scribe(s) unknown; parts of ff. 175-176 are written in a different hand than the rest of the manuscript.
History
Origin: Baghdad; late Muḥarrem 1592 CE; November 1592 CE.
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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