MS. Thurston 27 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Shaw Collection

Summary of Contents: One nearly complete copy of an anonymous Ottoman Turkish version of the tales Seyyid Baṭṭāl Ġāzī سید بطال غازی, a legendary figure based on the 8th century CE Umayyad commander ‘Abd Allāh al-Baṭṭāl عبد الله البطال.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: anonymous

Title: Seyret-i Seyyid Baṭṭāl

Title: سیرت سید بطال

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Missing the first two folios.

References

Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930. col. 1182 § (49) 2087.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 197 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 21.3 × 14.6 mm.

Layout

Single column of 15 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Script: Nasta‘līḳ in black ink. Scribe(s) unknown.

History

Origin: Place of origin unknown. Dated mid Rebī‘ülāḫir 1051 AH; mid July 1641 CE.

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by William Thurston, a merchant of London, in 1661.

Presented to the Bodleian Library in 1661 by William Thurston.

Record Sources

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Thurston 27 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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