MS. E. D. Clarke Or. 48 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

E. D. Clarke Collection

Firmān granted by the Turkish Sulṭān Selīm III to Mr. E. D. Clarke

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: Firmān granted by the Turkish Sulṭān Selīm III to Mr. E. D. Clarke

Author: Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808

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A firmān, granted by the Turkish Sulṭān Selīm III (who reigned A. H. 1203-1222=A. D. 1789-1807), to Mr. E. D. Clarke for his travels in Greece, Egypt, Syria, and other parts of the Turkish Empire. Dated Constantinople, in Ramażān, A. H. 1215 A. D. 1801, Jan.-Febr.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

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. § (251) 2289.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: folios

Dimensions (leaf): approximately 76.2 × approximately 50.8 cm.

Layout

1 column of varying number of lines per page

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Edward Daniel Clarke, d. 1822.

Record Sources

Description based on 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.

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World