MS. Bodl. Or. 276 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A history of Baghdad from the time of Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566 to a detailed account of Murad IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1612-1640's capture of Baghdad in 1638.
Title: تواریخ فتحنامهٔ بغداد
Title: Tevārīḫ-i Fetḥnāme-yi Baġdād
Title: Tevarih-i Fetihname-i Bağdat
Title: Tevārīḫ-i Fetḥnāme-yi Baġdād be-dest-i pādşāh-ı dīn-penāh Sulṭān Murād Ġāẓī raḥmetullāh ʿaleyhi
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
Incipit: نسأل الله ان یهدینا الی طریق الهدایة بدلاٸل حکمته و یغفر الله لنا و الجمیع المسلمین بآثار قدرته
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: ff. 279
Dimensions (leaf): 27.9 × 15.6 cm.
Layout
Single column of 21 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh. Scribe unknown.
History
Origin: Place of composition unknown. Undated, but logically no later than the last date mentioned in the work, i.e. 1049 AH; 1640 CE.
Provenance and Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Acquired by the Bodleian Library some time between 1692 and 1822.
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
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