MS. Turk. d. 4 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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An Ottoman Turkish letter

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: An Ottoman Turkish letter
Incipit: سعادتلو و مروّتلو حضرتلرینگ حضور شريفلرينه صد هزار هزار اشتیاقلريله سلامار دعالر قلندقد نصكره الخ
Author: Francis Kujustani Frenksis Ḳucūsteni Frenksīs Ḳūcūstenī فرنك سيس قوچوستنی

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A Turkish letter, addressed, as it seems, by Francis Kujustani to (فرنك سيس قوچوستنی) to Laurence Sotonti, A. H. 1068=A. D. 1657/1658, and beginning: سعادتلو و مروّتلو حضرتلرینگ حضور شريفلرينه صد هزار هزار اشتیاقلريله سلامار دعالر قلندقد نصكره الخ. Apparently received in 1774 or 1775 from the exors. of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Hunt, Regius Professor of Hebrew.

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. § (252) 2290.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: folios
Dimensions (leaf): approximately 25.4 × approximately 172.72 cm.

Layout

1 column of varying number of lines per page

Hand(s)

(Hand 1) Script: Dīvānī

(Hand 2) Script: European

History

Origin: between 29 July 1658 and 16 July 1659 CE; 1068 AH

Provenance and Acquisition

Previously owned by Hunt, Thomas, 1696-1774, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford.

Entered the Bodleian in 1774/1775 via the executors of the estate of Hunt, Thomas, 1696-1774, Regius Professor of Hebrew or Oxford.

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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