Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

T. 3 (University Library, Cambridge University)

E. G. Browne Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: رساله معما Surúri's Turkish translation and explanation of a Persian Treatise on the
Acrostic, composed in 856/1452 by Jámí, different from that mentioned above,
undertaken, as the translator states in a short Turkish Preface, at the request of
some friends. Begins:
حمد اول احده که ذاتی معمّاسی غیر اسمادن چقمق مشکل و کنهى لغزی اوصاف و سمات ایله
بانمکه دگل قابل الخ ...اما بعد بو حقیر و دمبسته سروری خاطر شکسته اهل دللردن بعضی
یاران، و طالب لردن خیلی ،خُلّان، ایله صحبت دلگشا و مصاحبت معمى ايدوب الخ
The Persian text commentated begins: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بعد از گشایش مقال سوز اچدقدن صکره بستایش خجسته مآل مالی
مبارك أوكُش ایله دانائی را که بر عالمه كه الخ
This MS. was bought on May 7, 1903, for £2. 10s. od. from J. J. Naaman. It
comprises 108 ff. of 21'5 x 12'4 c. and 17 ll., is written in a small, clear ta'liq with
rubrications, and was completed at the beginning of Rabí 11, 941/Oct. 10, 1534.

Language(s): Turkish, Persian

References

Turkish translation and commentary on one of the treatises on riddles composed by Jāmī, 1414-1492 جامی , with the title Risālah-ʼi muʻammā رسالۀ معما .

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 108
Dimensions: 21.5 × 12.4 cm.

Layout

17 lines

Hand(s)

Written in a small, clear ta'liq with rubrications.

History

Origin: 941 AH; 1534 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

This MS. was bought on May 7, 1903, for £2. 10s. od. from J. J. Naaman .

Bequest of E. G. Browne.

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JISC

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