MS. Bodl. Or. 256 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: The authentic text of the 1675 treaty between the Ottoman Sulṭān Meḥmed IV and Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.Language(s): Ottoman TurkishReferences
Ethé 2062 (anonymous). (1679). The Capitulations and Articles of Peace between the Majesty of the King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc. and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as they have been augmented and altered in the times of several ambassadors, and particularly as they have been renewed, augmented, and amplified at the City of Adrianople in the month of January 1661/2, by Heneage, Earl of Winchelsea, Ambassador Extraordinary from his Majesty : And also as they have been since renewed in the Month of September 1675 : With divers additional Articles and Priviledges, by Sir John Finch, Knight, Ambassador in Ordinary to Sultan Mahomet Han, the most puissant Prince and Emperour of the Turks. London: Printed for J.S..Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 30, interleavedDimensions (leaf): 20 × 14.3 cm.Layout
Single column of 11 lines per page throughout.
Hand(s)
Script: Dīwānī. Scribe unknown.
Decoration
On paper of varying colours, mostly beige but some tinted light green, blue, or pink.
Additions: The first page (1b) of the main text is preceded on a fly-leaf (iib) by a transliteration of the Ottoman Turkish of that page into Latin characters in a highly calligraphic bastard hand of unknown, but seemingly contemporary, origin. The hand, spellings, and context all suggest that the transliterator was an Englishman.History
Origin: Edirne/Adrianopolis; mid Cemādī el-āḫir 1080 AH; late September 1675 CEProvenance and Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian Library by William Wood, fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, 22 April 1752.
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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